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LUBA cariatid stool tabouret statue Congo African Tribal Art MC1789

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Title: LUBA cariatid stool tabouret statue Congo African Tribal Art MC1789

Description: CONGO DRC
LUBA caryatid stool - Congo DRC
Very nice patina for this old seat
In the style of the Eastern Luba, we feel clearly the Hemba influence
Stools are for the Luba the most important symbols of political power
Their local name is Kipona or Kihona
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: Stool, seat, tabouret
ETHNICAL GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGINE: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 18 3/4 inches high (47.5 cm)
CONDITION: Medium
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
- Cariatides Luba Hemba, pour une histoire de l'art des sièges à cariatides des styles Luba et Lubaisés, Bernard de Grunne, catalogue d'exposition Parcours des Mondes, Paris, 2017
- Atlantes et Caryatides.Trônes d'Afrique Noire, Galerie Ratton - Hourdé, 2004
- Tribal Art, Africa, Lempertz brussels, 2007

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LUBA cariatid stool tabouret statue Congo African Tribal Art MC1789

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