SOLD! MC1469 Cute Female Figure Congo DRC Luba Cute Female Figure Congo DRC

SOLD! MC1469 Cute Female Figure Congo DRC Luba Cute Female Figure Congo DRC

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CONGO DRC

Beautiful female cult statuette
LUBA CENTRALS

Beautiful patina
Probably from a workshop in the Malemba Nkulu region, in the Upemba depression

The Luba are a large people of eastern DRC. Their caryatid seats, cup carriers, chiefs' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and cult statues are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.
 
Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Statue, statuette
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood, plastic beads
DIMENSIONS: 25 cm
CONDITION: Average
(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
- 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

Cute LUBA female cult figure

Nice patina
Probably from Malemba Nkulu in the Upemb area

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: Statue, figure
ETHNICAL GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGIN: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood, plastic beads
DIMENSIONS: About 9 3/4 inches high
CONDITION: Medium
(see photos)
Please have a look on the pictures