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SOLD / SOLD! MC1270 Exceptional caryatid stool LUBA caryatid stool Congo DRC

SOLD / SOLD! MC1270 Exceptional caryatid stool LUBA caryatid stool Congo DRC

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CONGO DRC

Exceptional caryatid stool LUBA

This superb seat has incredible similarities to that of William Burton, sold by Sotheby's in 1991, and photographed in the field in the 1920s,
(See Bruno Claessens' blog; I advise all tribal art lovers to go there, it's a gold mine, link in the bibliography)

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 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.



From a private collection


Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Seat, stool
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: Height 43.5 cm
CONDITION: Average Poor
(see photos)


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BIBLIOGRAPHY - BIBLIOGRAPHY:

- 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
- 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

- Link to Bruno Claessens' blog post: Field photo of the day: an old Luba stool (DR Congo) – Bruno Claessens
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CONGO DRC



Exceptional LUBA caryatid stool - Congo DRC

I discovered the similarities between this Luba stool and the William Burton's one, sold by Sotheby's in 1991 and field photographed in the 1920s by consulting the blog of Bruno Claessens (I recommend to all Tribal Art Lovers to go for a walk, it's a gold mine )

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.

Provenance: private collection


Features:

TYPE OF OBJECT: Stool, seat, stool
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGIN: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 17 1/4 inches high
CONDITION: Medium - Bad
Please have a look on the pictures