SOLD / SOLD! MC1272 Cup bearer LUBA Shankadi cup bearer figure Congo
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CONGO DRC
LUBA Shankadi cutter carrier
The famous "cup carriers" of the Luba are sacred sculptures, representing a woman seated, kneeling (or much more rarely standing) holding with both hands (or more rarely on the head) a container in the shape of a calabash or a ceramic cup.
Used by the Bilumbu, the soothsayers, they are the passage, the intermediary, between them and the world of the spirits. The woman represented (formerly commonly called Kabila) is a clairvoyant holding the Mboko, a calabash containing the divination material... She is supposed to accompany the diviner when he enters into a trance...
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.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Cup carrier, Statue, statuette
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: Height 32 cm
CONDITION: Fair - Poor
(see photos)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY - BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- Objects Signs of Africa, Texts brought together by Luc de Heusch on the occasion of the exhibition "Hidden Treasures" at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Snoek, 1994.
"The sacred kaolin and the Luba cup carriers, by Pierre Petit of the CNRS, pages 97 -110
- 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
- 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
LUBA Shankadi Cup Bearer
The famous “Cup bearers” of the Luba are sacralized sculptures, representing a seated, kneeling (or much more rarely standing) woman holding with her two hands (or more rarely on the head) a container. Used by the Bilumbu, the soothsayers, they are the passage, the intermediary, between them and the spirit world. The woman represented (formerly commonly called Kabila) is a clairvoyant holding the Mboko, calabash containing the divination material ...
She is supposed to accompany the soothsayer when it enters into trances
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.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Cup bearer, Statue, figure
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGIN: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 12 1/2 inches high
CONDITION: Medium - Bad
Please have a look on the pictures