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Rare beautiful LUBA male figure statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art 1561

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Title: Rare beautiful LUBA male figure statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art 1561

Description: CONGO DRC
Rare & beautiful LUBA male figure
Wonderful haircut
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 13 inches high (33 cm)
CONDITION: Correct
(see photos)
Please have a look on the pictures
BIBLIOGRAPHY :
- LUBA, aux sources du Zaire, François NEYT,
Editions du Musee Dapper, 1993.
- MEMORY, Luba Art and the Making of History, Mary Nooter Roberts, 1996

Reserve: $475.00

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Rare beautiful LUBA male figure statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art 1561

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