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mc0860 Caryatid stool Luba Kanyok Congo

mc0860 Caryatid stool Luba Kanyok Congo

$0.00 $1,345.00 Sale

CONGO DRC

LUBA Kanyok


Beautiful caryatid stool.

Very beautiful seat, typical of Kanyok sculpture, generous shapes, scarifications up to the thighs, hairstyle...
The Luba are a large people of eastern DRC. Their seats with caryatids, carriers of cups, staffs of chiefs, arrow holders, adzes and statues of ancestors are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.



Characteristics:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Anthropomorphic stool,
Caryatid seat
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba Kanyok - Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood.
DIMENSIONS: Height: 41 cm
Diameter: 25cm
CONDITION:
Medium - Bad
Big defects    
Please have a look on the pictures.

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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

- Female representation in the Luba kingdom in "Fleuve Congo", François NEYT, Quai Branly Museum, Mercator Fund, 2010 pages 354-386

- Caryatids Luba Hemba, for a history of the art of caryatid seats in the Luba and Lubaisés styles, Bernard de Grunne, exhibition catalog Parcours des Mondes, Paris, 2017
- Atlanteans and Caryatids. Thrones of Black Africa, Galerie Ratton - Hourdé, 2004

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