
Description
Cute LUBA female cultual figure
Cute statue with a ringed neck
Probably from a Lukuga area workshop
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
DIMENSIONS: About 10 1/4 inches high
About 12 inches with the base
CONDITION: Medium
(see photos)
Please have a look on the pictures
Bibliography
- LUBA, aux sources du Zaire, François NEYT, Editions du Musee 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, Musee du Quai Branly, Fonds Mercator, 2010
Reserve: $350.00
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Cute LUBA Female Figure Statue Congo Lukuga DRC African Tribal Art 1324
Estimate $400-$500
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