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A Luba Female EffigyA carved wooden female ancestor sculpture shown with hands on her breast and some incised decorative designs, embellished with some old glass beads. Luba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The Sculp

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A Luba Female EffigyA finely carved female form with raised scars and classic coiffure. Luba / Hemba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The sculpture measures 17.5 inches tall on simple wooden base.

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A Luba Shankadi Female Effigy Ex Robert Banks CollectionA Carved wooden female idol with serene downcast heavy eye lids and hands in front of abdomen in a traditional pose. According to the literature it was believed that only the image of a woman’s body

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A Fine Old Luba female SculptureA finely carved wooden effigy of a Luba female with raised scar patterns carved in relief traditional pose and headdress, well handled surface patina. The Luba people say that only a woman's body is s

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Gorgeous Luba Mboko Bowl Bearer Divination ObjectA very finely carved wood female effigy designed to forecast future events, this bowl bearer—known as a mboko (the name for the sacred vessel held by the figure) was carved from a single piece of

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A Luba Zela Kneeling Female Sculpture Ex Kahan GalleryCarved from a heavy dense wood with a well handled surface patina, This Female effigy is shown in a kneeling position and may have served as a medium to the spirit world for the village Shaman / Pries

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A Luba Female Ancestor SculptureA Lovely and serene carved wooden female effigy with classic tri-lobed coiffure, raised scar designs and her hands resting on her breast, perhaps to indicate fertility. Luba peoples, DRC/ Congo, Afric

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A Lovely Luba Female sculpture, African ArtA finely carved vintage to antique wooden female effigy with stylized form and well handled surface patina. Luba peoples, Congo, Africa. From a Private Philadelphia collection. The figure measures 11.

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A Rare Luba / Zela SculptureA Finely carved wood sculpture featuring a male and Female effigy with colonial style dress and a deep well handled surface patina suggesting many years of field use. Zela or Luba peoples, DRC/ Congo,

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A Luba Mboko Bowl Bearer sculptureA Carved wooden female effigy shown in classic style holding a bowl in her outstretched hands, the female looking slightly upwards. The sculpture measures 15.5 inches tall. Luba peoples, Congo, centra

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A Luba Female Sculpture Ex Irwin Hersey , Ex KahanA carved wooden female effigy with classic facial style, and overall form, raised designs on coiffure and headdress, a deep well handled surface patina and signs of age and weathering. The figure meas

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A Luba Janus Shrine Sculpture Ex Banks CollectionA carved wooden female effigy with a janus style head and well handled surface patina. The female in kneeling pose possibly suggests a devotee to a diviners cult and the spirit world , always present,

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A Luba Mboko Bowl BearerA Carved wooden Shankadi style female effigy shown holding two wooden bowls. The Luba would often refer to diviner when seeking help with an illness or misfortune. The shaman would use such sculptures

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A Luba Maternity Sculpture Field CollectedA carved wooden female effigy in 3/4 form with enlarged belly suggesting a maternity or fertility theme and embellished with glass beads. The sculpture was carved from a dense heavy wood and measures

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A Luba Janus Sculpture Ex Friar Biggane CollectionA carved wooden male and female effigy , likely an idol used in divination practice. The sculpture measures 11.5 inches tall. Provenance: Collected by Friar Biggane who was a missionary/priest in Afri

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Rare Pair Of Luba Clay Shrine Idols Ex Rosen Collection.A very unusual and rare male and female effigies in terracotta clay of seated figures with well weathered surface. The clay idols measure 9 x 5 x 3.5 inches. Luba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa.

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A Fine Luba Maternity sculpture Ex Jean Pierre HalletA carved wooden female mother effigy with small child on her lap, holding on to her breast. The sculpture likely served as a element to a maternity shrine. The figure measures 15.5 inches tall. Luba p

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A Fine Luba Maternity sculpture Ex Jean Pierre HalletA carved wooden female mother effigy with small child on her lap, holding on to her breast. The sculpture likely served as a element to a maternity shrine. The figure measures 15.5 inches tall. Luba p

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West African Wooden Female Effigythe figure seated on a custom stand, her face depicts ritual scars while her left ear lobe sports an iron ring. HOA 21.25 in. Private Collection, Pittsboro, NC Additional high-resolution photos are av

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LUBA FEMALE WITH BOWLBlack surface, keloids all over her body, unmarked face, she sits holding a lidded vessel carved with designs mimicking her scarification. Such figures were used as oracles and served in divination.Di

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Colima Comala Female Effigy Figure, ex-HollywoodPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima region, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Among the most sensitive examples of Colima figures we have ever seen, a Comala type vessel in the form of a peacefully sleeping indiv

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Prehistoric Hopewell Stone Female Effigy FigureNative American, Hopewell, dating from the Middle Woodland period, ca. 100 BCE ? 500 CE. A finely carved Hopewell from the Ohio River Valley depicting a seated figure in a kneeling posture holding a b

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Large Tairona Pregnant Female Effigy Pottery JarPre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona region, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. A charming large pottery effigy jar in the form of a pregnant woman. She sits with her arms and legs outstretched, her hands raised up in

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A Fine Old Baule Female EffigyA very old and interesting carved wooden female effigy with well worn and well handled surface, and shown with a highly stylized coiffure, with hair pins and top knots, buns and such. The sculpture ha

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