CONGO DRC
Rare & beautiful LUBA male figure
Wonderful haircutAs often, in Luba art, a piece that exudes great serenityThe 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.Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Statue, figureETHNICAL GROUP: Luba BalubaORIGINE: Congo DrcMATERIAL: WoodDIMENSIONS: About 13 inches high (33 cm)
CONDITION: Correct
(see photos)Please have a look on the picturesBIBLIOGRAPHY :- LUBA, aux sources du Zaire, François NEYT,Editions du Musee Dapper, 1993.- MEMORY, Luba Art and the Making of History, Mary Nooter Roberts, 1996