SOLD / SOLD! Superb Luba statue. Medium Luvua Congo DRC Baluba figure MC0430
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CONGO DRC
CONGO DRC
Superb large LUBA statue
Exudes an almost absolute serenity
specific to the sculptures of the Middle Luvua.
The Luba are a large people of eastern DRC.
Their caryatid seats, cup holders, chiefs' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and ancestor statues are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Statuette
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo DRC (formerly Belgian Congo, formerly Zaire).
Katanga Province.
MATERIAL: Wood. Glass beads.
DIMENSIONS: Height: 40.5 cm.
CONDITION: Average. Minor and major defects
see photos.
see photos.
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Bibliography - Bibliography
LUBA, at the sources of Zaire, François NEYT,
Dapper Museum Editions, 1993.
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Great LUBA statue
Gives an almost absolute serenity
Specificity of the sculptures of the Middle Luvua
The Luba are a great people of the eastern DRC.
Their seats in caryatids, sticks of chiefs and statues of ancestors are very famous and among the objects most prized in African Art.
The Luba are a great people of the eastern DRC.
Their seats in caryatids, sticks of chiefs and statues of ancestors are very famous and among the objects most prized in African Art.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Statue, figure.
ETHNICAL GROUP: Luba
ORIGIN: Democratic Republic of Congo.
DRC (ex Belgian Congo, ex Zaire). Katanga province.
MATERIAL: Wood. Glass beads.
DIMENSIONS: 16 inches high.
CONDITION: Medium. Some big and little defects.
Please have a look on the pictures.