English description below
Large female statue LUBA (53cm)
Beautiful statue of classical design
Filiform with an oversized trunk and very short legs, the hands are placed under the chest. Numerous scarifications
As is often the case in Luba art, the work is imbued with great serenity.
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.
TYPE OF OBJECT: Statue, statuette
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood, beads
DIMENSIONS: 53 cm
57.5 cm with base
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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Large LUBA female statue (53cm)
Beautiful classic statue
Filiform with a disproportionate trunk and very short legs, the hands are placed under the chest. Numerous scarifications
As often, in Luba art, a piece that exudes great serenity
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, beads
DIMENSIONS: About 20 3/4 inches high (53 cm)
22 1/2" with the base (57.5 cm)
CONDITION: Medium
(see photos)
Please have a look on the pictures
