SOLD / SOLD! MC1034 Rare statue LUBA SHANKADI Figure Congo DRC
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CONGO DRC
LUBA SHANKADI
Very rare cult statuette
This style of statue with specific stylization, bold volumes and spanned plans was identified by François Neyt, it would be a workshop in the Lake Kisale region
Similar parts:
- Religious statue page 159 in "LUBA", François Neyt
- Female figurine, plate 60 (part of Yale University, USA) in Luba by Mary & Allen Nooter Roberts
- Lot 138 offered by Sotheby's on
- Lot 138 offered by Sotheby's on
- Lot 57, offered by Sotheby's on 06/24/1985, in London
- Felix (100 Peoples) page 154 ill19 35cm (drawing)
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: 33cm
37 cm with the base
37 cm with the base
CONDITION: Average - bad
(see photos)
PROVENANCE: Private collection
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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
- 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Marc Leo Felix, Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987
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CONGO DRC
LUBA SHANKADI PEOPLE
Very rare worship figure
This style of sculpture with this specific stylization, those volumes and architecture was identified by François Neyt, it would be a workshop in the region of Lake Kisale
Similar figures:
- Statue of worship, page 159 in "LUBA", François Neyt
- Female figure, plate 60 (piece from Yale University, USA) in Luba by Mary & Allen Nooter Roberts
- Lot 138 offered by Sotheby's on 12/12/2018 in Paris
- Lot 20, offered by Christie's, 12/05/1998 in Amsterdam
- Lot 57, offered by Sotheby's on 06/24/1985, in London
- Felix (100 Peoples) page 154 ill19 35cm (drawing)
Similar figures:
- Statue of worship, page 159 in "LUBA", François Neyt
- Female figure, plate 60 (piece from Yale University, USA) in Luba by Mary & Allen Nooter Roberts
- Lot 138 offered by Sotheby's on 12/12/2018 in Paris
- Lot 20, offered by Christie's, 12/05/1998 in Amsterdam
- Lot 57, offered by Sotheby's on 06/24/1985, in London
- Felix (100 Peoples) page 154 ill19 35cm (drawing)
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 inches high
About 14 1/2 inches with the base
About 14 1/2 inches with the base
PROVENANCE: Private Collection
CONDITION: Medium - Bad
Please have a look on the pictures