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Superb LUBA Shankadi Axe figure statue Congo African Tribal Art 1405

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Title: Superb LUBA Shankadi Axe figure statue Congo African Tribal Art 1405

Description: CONGO DRC

LUBA SHANKADI

ELEGANT PRESTIGE AXE

Pretty cascading hairstyle typical of the Luba Shankadi tribe

Figurative axes and adzes are prestigious objects owned by those in power (kings, chiefs) as well as members of the Mbudye and mediums.

They are worn across the shoulder

Like other regalia, axes solidify alliances, settle debts, transfer political authority and close disputes (Roberts & Roberts, page 44)

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
CONDITION: Medium

Please have a look on the pictures.

The base is NOT 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

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Superb LUBA Shankadi Axe figure statue Congo African Tribal Art 1405

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