MC1681 Beautiful Luba Shankadi Statue 35cm Figure Congo DRC
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CONGO DRC
LUBA SHANKADI STATUE
Beautiful sculpture, with the "cascade" hairstyle typical of the Luba Shankadi
Stylization is quite rare, but already encountered; the bottom of the legs in elephant legs, the hands and the chest almost absent, the horizontal linear scarifications...
Stylization is quite rare, but already encountered; the bottom of the legs in elephant legs, the hands and the chest almost absent, the horizontal linear scarifications...
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: Statue, statuette
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: 35cm
CONDITION: Average
(see photos)
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
- 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 STATUE
Beautiful sculpture, with the "cascade" hairstyle typical of the Luba Shankadi
Stylization is quite rare, but already encountered; the bottom of the legs in elephant legs, the hands and the chest almost absent, the horizontal linear scarifications...
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
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGIN: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 13 3/4 inches high (35 cm)
CONDITION: Medium
(see pictures)
CONDITION: Medium
(see pictures)
Please have a look on the pictures