English description below
LARGE CULT STATUE LUBA
Very beautiful sculpture, powerful
She combines most of the characteristics of Luba art, firmly planted on her legs, serene, hands on her shoulders, scarifications
The shoulders are flared
The face is darker than the rest of the statue, a characteristic sometimes found among the Eastern Luba, among the Hemba, as well.
It is said to have been sculpted in a workshop in the Lukuga region.
Another peculiarity is the representation of the hairstyle, seen from the front, which gives the statue an almost solar appearance.
The Luba are a large people of eastern DRC.
Their caryatid seats, cup holders, chieftains' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and cult statues are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.
TYPE OF OBJECT: Statue, statuette
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: 40.5 cm
44.5 cm with its base
CONDITION: Fair - poor
(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
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CONGO DRC
LARGE FEMALE CULT FIGURE LUBA
Very beautiful sculpture, powerful
She has most of the characteristics of Luba art, firmly planted on her legs, serene, hands on shoulders, scarifications
Shoulders are geometrically cut
The face is darker than the rest of the statue, a characteristic that is sometimes found among the oriental Luba and also among the Hemba
Presumably from a workshop in the Lukuga Area
Another particularity is the representation of the hairstyle, seen from the forehead, which gives the statue an almost solar aspect.
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.
TYPE OF OBJECT: Statue, figure
ETHNICAL GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGIN: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 16 inches high
About 17 1/2 with the base
CONDITION: Medium - Bad
Please have a look on the pictures.
