English description below
LUBA - KIBANGO
CHIEF'S CANE - SCEPTER OF AUTHORITY
COMMAND STAFF
Superb feminine representation, all elegance and finesse
The Kibango , batons of command, symbols of authority (regalia), were reserved for leaders, village chiefs or important dignitaries. They displayed the social position of their holders.
The board-shaped section engraved with symbolic geometric patterns is called dibulu .
The Luba are a great people of the DRC.
Their caryatid seats, cup holders, chiefs' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and cult statuettes are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.
ITEM TYPE: Scepter, Staff of Command
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: 52 cm
57.5 with base
CONDITION: Average
The lower metal part is missing
(see photos)
The base is included
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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 Völkerkunde, 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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SUPERB LUBA CHIEF'S STAFF - SCEPTER - CANE ( KIBANGO )
Chief's staffs, symbols of authority (regalia), were reserved for leaders, village chiefs or important dignitaries. They displayed the social position of their holders.
The board-shaped section engraved with geometric patterns is called dibulu. The female representation that surmounts it is of very good quality.
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.
TYPE OF OBJECT: Scepter, Chief's staff
ORIGIN: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 20 1/2 inches high
About 22 1/2 inches with the stand display
CONDITION: Medium
The lower metal part is missing
Please have a look on the pictures
Stand display is included
