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Item Details

Description

CONGO DRC
Large LUBA female statue (53cm)
Beautiful classic statue
Filiform with a disproportionate trunk and very short legs, the hands are placed under the chest. Numerous scarifications
As often, in Luba art, a piece that exudes great serenity
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: Statue, figure
ETHNICAL GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGINE: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood, beads
DIMENSIONS: About 20 3/4 inches high (53 cm)
22 1/2" with the base (57.5 cm)
CONDITION: Medium
(see photos)
Please have a look on the pictures

Bibliography
- 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
- Art et Pouvoir dans la savane d'Afrique Centrale, Constantin Petridis, Fonds Mercator, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008
- Fleuve Congo, François NEYT, Musée du Quai Branly, Fonds Mercator, 2010, "La représentation féminine dans le royaume Luba", pages 354-386

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Large LUBA female cult figure statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art MC 1842

Name: Large LUBA female cult figure statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art MC 1842
SKU: 175873023
Price: 1500 USD
Availability: InStock