
Description
SUPERB LUBA
Female Cult Figure
Beautiful classic Luba style statue (probably from the Middle Luvua area)
The hands are placed on the shoulders, scarifications typical and numerous, headdress cross. The patina dark and worn in places.
The Luba are a great people in eastern DRC.
Their caryatid seats, their cup holders, chiefs' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and cult figures 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 : 15 1/2 inches high
About 17 with the base
CONDITION : Medium
Reserve: $1,000.00
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Fine LUBA Classical Cult Figure Statue Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1043
Estimate $1,200-$1,500
Starting Price
$500
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