Nice LUBA Shankadi figure 13" statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art 1681

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Title: Nice LUBA Shankadi figure 13" statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art 1681

Description: CONGO DRC
LUBA SHANKADI STATUE
Beautiful sculpture, with the "cascade" hairstyle typical of the Luba Shankadi
Stylization is quite rare, but already encountered; the bottom of the legs in elephant legs, the hands and the chest almost absent, the horizontal linear scarifications...
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 13 3/4 inches high (35 cm) About 15 1/4 with its base
CONDITION: Medium
(see pictures)

Reserve: $375.00

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Nice LUBA Shankadi figure 13" statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art 1681

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Estimate $450-$550

Mar 3, 2026, 3:25 PM EST

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