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CHOKWE Congo chibida Ilunga figure Tshokwe African Tribal Art statue 0888
CHOKWE Congo chibida Ilunga figure Tshokwe African Tribal Art statue 0888
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ANGOLA Chokwe people. Statue of Chibinda Ilunga Beautiful sculpture representing the mythical hero of the Tshokwe people. His large and wide hands symbolize the power and the address of the hunter. The headdress is large and fine the nostrils are dilated, and the musculature is powerful. Nice figure, in the "Style of the Country of Origin", "Style of Muzumba" and even more precisely in the sub-style of "The School of Moxico" (taken from the name of a Tshokwe chief living at the east of Muzumba). A statue of the same style is kept in the Museum of Anthropology of Porto and is illustrated (p 23) and commented (p 24) by M-L Bastin in "Arts d'Afrique Noire" (see bibliography) Tshibinda Ilunga, prince and hunter Luba who married a Lunda princess is considered as the most important mythical hero of the Tshokwe. Founder of the kingdom, he was renowned for his superhuman strength and his supernatural powers CHARACTERISTICS : TYPE OF OBJECT : Statue, figure ETHNICAL GROUP : Chokwe – Tshokwe - Tschokwe. ORIGINE : Angola. MATERIAL : Wood DIMENSIONS : About 14 Inches high CONDITION : Medium - Correct See pictures BIBLIOGRAPHIE - BIBLIOGRAPHY : - Les styles de la sculpture Tshokwe, Marie-Louise Bastin, Arts d'Afrique Noire, n°19, Automne 1976, pages 16 à 34 - Chokwe, Boris Wastiau, Cinq Continents, 2006 - Art et Mythologie, Figures Tshokwe, collecti, 1988, Musee Dapper - Art et Pouvoir dans la savane d'Afrique Centrale, Constantin Petridis, Fonds Mercator, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008 - Introduction aux Arts d'Afrique Noire, Marie-Louise Bastin, Arts d'Afrique Noire, Arnouville, 1984 ------------------------------------- "GALERIE DE LA LOUVE ARTS PREMIERS " is situated in Belgium, 50 km from Brussels in direction of Paris. You are welcome if you want to see the pieces before you decide. 29 Place Matteotti 7100 La Louviere TEL: From outside Belgium +32 64 284 301 From Belgium 064 284 301 Open Monday to Friday from 9.00 AM to 6.00 PM You can also follow us on social networks (Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram). ------------------------------------- ANGOLA TSHOKWE - STATUE DE TSHIBINDA ILUNGA BELLE STATUETTE REPRESENTANT LE HEROS MYTHIQUE ET FONDATEUR DU PEUPLE TSHOKWE SES MAINS, GRANDES ET LARGES, SYMBOLISENT LA PUISSANCE ET L'ADRESSE DU CHASSEUR LA COIFFE CHEFFALE EST LARGE ET SOIGNEE, LES NARINES SONT DILATEES, ET LA MUSCULATURE EST PUISSANTE. C'EST UNE STATUE DANS LE "STYLE DU PAYS D'ORIGINE", "STYLE DE MUZUMBA" ET ENCORE PLUS PRECISEMENT DANS LE SOUS-STYLE DIT DE "L'ECOLE DE MOXICO" (TIRE DU NOM D'UN CHEF TSHOKWE VIVANT A L'EST DE MUZUMBA). UNE STATUE DU MEME STYLE EST CONSERVEE AU MUSEE D'ANTHROPOLOGIE DE PORTO ET EST ILLUSTREE (P 23) ET COMMENTEE (P 24) PAR M-L BASTIN DANS DANS "ARTS D'AFRIQUE NOIRE N°19" (VOIR BIBLIOGRAPHIE) TSHIBINDA ILUNGA, PRINCE ET CHASSEUR LUBA AYANT EPOUSE UNE PRINCESSE HERITIERE LUNDA EST CONSIDERE COMME LE PLUS IMPORTANT HEROS MYTHIQUE DES TSHOKWE. FONDATEUR DU ROYAUME, IL ETAIT RENOMME POUR SA FORCE SURHUMAINE ET SES POUVOIRS SURNATURELS CARACTERISTIQUES : TYPE D'OBJET : STATUE GROUPE ETHNIQUE : TSHOKWE – CHOKWE - TSCHOKWE PAYS D'ORIGINE : ANGOLA MATERIAU : BOIS DIMENSIONS : HAUTEUR : 35.5 CM ETAT : MOYEN - CORRECT (VOIR PHOTOS)

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