Description
Despite its atypical position, it combines most of the characteristics of Luba art, superb cross headdress, hands placed on the chest, scarifications
The shoulders are geometric
The face is imbued with great serenity. Beautiful patina
It would have been carved in a workshop in the Lukuga region
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 12 1/2 inches high
About 14 1/4 with the base
CONDITION: Medium - Bad
Please have a look on the pictures.
Reserve: $1,000.00
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Fine LUBA old cult figure statue sculpture Congo African Tribal Art 1275
Estimate $1,200-$1,500
Starting Price
$500
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