MC1275 Beautiful female statue Luba Female Figure Congo DRC
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BEAUTIFUL CULTURAL STATUE LUBA
The face is imbued with great serenity. Beautiful patina
It would have been carved in a workshop in the Lukuga region
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.
36.5 cm with its base
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- 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, "Female representation in the Luba kingdom", pages 354-386
- From object to dream, from dream to object. Panorama of dreamlike artefacts and traditions in the Luba community, Albert Constant-Piot, Tribal Art Magazine N°100, ETE 2021
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CONGO DRC
BEAUTIFUL OLD FEMALE FIGURE LUBA
Very beautiful sculpture
The shoulders are geometric
The face is imbued with great serenity. beautiful patina
It would have been carved in a workshop in the Lukuga region
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:
About 14 1/4 with the base