Sold / Sold! MC1440 Rare LUBA Kasai Power Figure Nkishi fetish statue
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LUBA KASAI
Standing male figure, hands around the umbilical zone, two antelope horns stuck on the skull. The hairstyle, with its two long braids is impressive. This statue obviously reminds us of the one illustrated in Luba (Neyt, 1993, page 164)
The Nkishi are fetishes, provided with a magic charge, the " bijimba ", inserted here in the horn. As often, in Luba art, the work is imbued with great serenity
The Luba are a large people of eastern DRC. Their seats with caryatids, their carriers of cups, staffs of chiefs, arrow holders, adzes and cult statues are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.
Total height with the base 40.5 cm
CONDITION: OK
(see photos)
- 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
- Art and Power in the Central African Savannah, Constantin Petridis, Mercator Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008
- Congo River, François NEYT, Quai Branly Museum, Mercator Fund, 2010
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CONGO DRC
Rarel LUBA Kasai Male Power Figure
Beautiful power figure (Nkishi) with very neat workmanship, typical of Western Luba, in which we feel the influence of Songye neighbors
This statue obviously reminds us of the one illustrated in Luba (Neyt, 1993, page 164)
Standing male figure, hands around the umbilical zone, two horns on the skull. The hairstyle, with its two long braids is impressive
The Nkishi are fetishes, provided with a magic charge, the "bijimba", inserted here in the horn. As often, in Luba art, the work is imbued with great serenity
Features:
With the horn, 14 1/4 inches (36.5 cm)
Total height with the base 16 inches (40.5 cm)
CONDITION: Fair
(see pictures)