SOLD / SOLD! MC1386 Delicate statuette LUBA oriental Congo DRC cute figure

SOLD / SOLD! MC1386 Delicate statuette LUBA oriental Congo DRC cute figure

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CONGO DRC

Delicate cult female statuette
LUBA


Superb small statue typical of the Eastern Luba and more particularly of the Middle Luvua style
The work is imbued with a great serenity

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: 18.5cm
22.5 cm with the base
CONDITION: Good
(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

- Congo River, François NEYT, Quai Branly Museum, Mercator Fund, 2010

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CONGO DRC

LUBA Delicate cult female figure


Superb statue, typical of the eastern Luba and more particularly of the Middle Luvua style
great serenity

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 7 1/4 inches high
About 8 3/4 inches with the base
PROVENANCE: Private Collection
CONDITION: Good
Please have a look on the pictures