SOLD / SOLD! MC1500 Beautiful Anthropomorphic Comb LUBA Cute Comb Female Figure Congo

SOLD / SOLD! MC1500 Beautiful Anthropomorphic Comb LUBA Cute Comb Female Figure Congo

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CONGO DRC

Beautiful anthropomorphic comb LUBA

Beautiful carving
A very expressive female statuette sits on the comb

The Luba are a large people of eastern DRC. Their seats with caryatids, their carriers of cups, sticks of chiefs, carries arrows, adzes and cult statues are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.
 
Features:

ITEM TYPE: Comb
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: 25cm
CONDITION: Correct (see photos)

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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

Beautiful LUBA Anthropomorphic Comb

 nice sculpture
A v ery expressive female figure is seated on the comb

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: Comb
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGIN: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 9 3/4 inches high
CONDITION: Fair
(see pictures)
Please have a look on the pictures