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LUBA Shankadi Axe figure statue Congo African Tribal Art 1405

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LUBA Shankadi Axe figure statue Congo African Tribal Art 1405

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ONGO DRC
ELEGANT LUBA SHANKADI CEREMONIAL AXE
Pretty cascade hairstyle
Axes and adzes are objects of power
The Luba are a great people in eastern DRC.
Their caryatid seats, their cup holders, chiefs' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and ancestral statues are very famous and among the most valued objects in African Art.
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Axe
ETHNICAL GROUP: Luba
ORIGINE: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood. Iron
DIMENSIONS: 16 1/4 inches high
48 3/4" with the stand display
CONDITION: Medium
Please have a look on the pictures.
The base is included
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BIBLIOGRAPHIE - BIBLIOGRAPHY :
"Le kaolin sacré et les porteuses de coupe Luba, par Pierre Petit du CNRS, pages 97 -110
- LUBA, aux sources du Zaïre, François NEYT, Editions du Musée Dapper, 1993
- LUBA, Visions d'Afrique, Editions 5 Continents, Mary Nooter Roberts et Allen F. Roberts, 2006
- MEMORY, Luba Art and the Making of History, Mary Nooter Roberts, 1996

Reserve: $1,500.00

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