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Large LUBA Classical Cult Figure Statue Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1329
Large LUBA Classical Cult Figure Statue Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1329
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  • Title: Large LUBA Classical Cult Figure Statue Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1329
  • Provenance/Additional Info: CONGO DRC
    LARGE FEMALE CULT FIGURE LUBA
    Very beautiful sculpture, powerful
    She has most of the characteristics of Luba art, firmly planted on her legs, serene, hands on shoulders, scarifications
    Shoulders are geometrically cut
    The face is darker than the rest of the statue, a characteristic that is sometimes found among the oriental Luba and also among the Hemba
    Presumably from a workshop in the Lukuga Area
    Another particularity is the representation of the hairstyle, seen from the front, which gives the statue an almost solar aspect.
    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
    DIMENSIONS: About 16 inches high
    About 17 1/2 with the base
    CONDITION: Medium - Bad
    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

    Reserve: $1,700.00

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    Large LUBA Classical Cult Figure Statue Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1329

    Estimate $2,000 - $2,500
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    Starting Price $1,300
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