English description below
CONGO DRC
LUBA caryatid stool
Old seat (first half of the 20th century, probably first quarter)
Stools are for the Luba the most important symbols of political power. Their local name is Kipona or Kihona.
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.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Seat, stool
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: Height 39.5 cm
CONDITION: Bad
(see photos)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY - BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- Head in the Stars, Pierre Loos, Thomas Bayet and Sophie Caltaux, Bruneaf 2012, page 47, inv. 551)
- Luba Hemba Caryatids, for a history of the art of caryatid seats in the Luba and Lubaized styles, Bernard de Grunne, exhibition catalogue Parcours des Mondes, Paris, 2017
- Atlantes and Caryatids. Thrones of Black Africa, Galerie Ratton - Hourdé, 2004
- 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
- Tribal Art, Africa, Lempertz brussels, 2007
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CONGO DRC
LUBA Caryatid Stool
Old seat (first half of the 20th century, probably first quarter)
Stools are for the Luba the most important symbols of political power Their local name is
Kipona or Kihona 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.
Origin: personal collection
Features: TYPE OF OBJECT: Stool, seat, stool
ETHNICAL GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGIN: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 15 1/2 inches high (39.5 cm)
CONDITION: Bad
(see pictures)
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