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MC1615 137cm Luba Kibango Chief Stick Cane Staf Regalia Congo

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English description below

CONGO DRC

LUBA - KIBANGO
CHIEF'S CANE - SCEPTER OF AUTHORITY
COMMAND STAFF

Superb Kibango in hardwood with reddish patina
Standing 137cm tall, it features a pretty, delicately sculpted female figure.
The hands placed on the chest, the half-closed eyes, the abdominal scarifications and the headdress with crossed braids are all characteristics specific to Luba art.

Kibango, command staffs, symbols of authority (regalia), were reserved for chiefs, village chiefs or important dignitaries. They displayed the social position of their holders. The board-shaped sections engraved with symbolic geometric patterns are called dibulu

The Luba are a great people of the DRC. Their caryatid seats, cup carriers, chiefs' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and cult statuettes are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.


FEATURES :

ITEM TYPE: Scepter, Staff of Command
ETHNIC GROUP: LUBA, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: 137 cm
CONDITION: Average
(see photos)


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Bibliography - Bibliography

- LUBA, at the sources of Zaire, François NEYT, Editions du Musée Dapper, 1993.
- LUBA, Visions of Africa, Editions 5 Continents, Mary Nooter Roberts and Allen F. Roberts, 2006
- MEMORY, Luba Art and the Making of History, Mary Nooter Roberts, 1996

- LUBA HEMBA, Werke unbekannter Meistre, Museum für Volkerkunde, Frankfurt am Main, 1983
- Art and Power in the Central African Savannah, Constantin Petridis, Mercator Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008

- Congo River, François NEYT, Musée du Quai Branly, Mercator Fund, 2010, "Female representation in the Luba kingdom", pages 354-386
- Objects Signs of Africa, Texts collected by Luc de Heusch on the occasion of the exhibition "Hidden Treasures" at the Royal Museum of Central Africa, Snoek, 1994. "Sacred kaolin and the Luba cup-bearers, by Pierre Petit of the CNRS, pages 97 -110

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CONGO DRC

BEAUTIFUL LUBA CHIEF'S STAFF - SCEPTER - CANE
(KIBANGO)


Superb Kibango in hardwood with reddish patina

54 inches high, it includes a cute female figure, delicately carved.

The hands placed on the chest, the half-closed eyes, the abdominal scarifications and the headdress with cross braids are all characteristics specific to Luba art

The Kibango, command sticks, symbols of authority (regalia), were reserved for leaders, village chiefs or important dignitaries. They displayed the social position of their holders. The plank-shaped sections engraved with symbolic geometric patterns are called dibulu

The Luba are a great people in eastern DRC.

Their caryatid seats, their cup holders, chiefs' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and cult figures are very famous and among the most valued objects in African Art.


CHARACTERISTICS:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Scepter, Chief's staff
ETHNICAL GROUP: ,Luba Baluba
ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 54 inches high (137 cm)
CONDITION: Good
Please have a look on the pictures

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