CONGO DRC
Beautiful LUBA Caryatid StoolMagnificent old seat (first half of the 20th century, probably first quarter), very representative of the typical style of the Luvua workshops (see the test result (spectroscopy) in attached image)
The workshop identified by François Neyt as "The master of the court of the prince of Sopola was created in the 19th century and illustrates the Luba breakthrough to the east which influenced the sculptors of this region.
Also called Master of Warua by Suzanne Vogel and Ezio Bassani, he was then renamed by Bernard de Grunne "Master of Kunda" (Mains de Maîtres, 2001) then "Master of Luvua" (Luba Hemba Cariatides, 2017)
But those names mainly designate a geographical origin and a style
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: personal collection
Characteristics:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Stool, seat, tabouret
ETHNICAL GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGINE: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: About 16 1/4 inches high
CONDITION: Medium - Bad
A lot of restorations
But the stool is still very solid
(see pictures)BIBLIOGRAPHY :- LA TETE DANS LES ETOILES, PIERRE LOOS, THOMAS BAYET ET SOPHIE CALTAUX, BRUNEAF 2012, PAGE 47, INV. 551)
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- ATLANTES ET CARYATIDES. TRONES D'AFRIQUE NOIRE, GALERIE RATTON - HOURDÉ, 2004
- LUBA, AUX SOURCES DU ZAÏRE, FRANÇOIS NEYT, EDITIONS DU MUSÉE DAPPER, 1993
- LUBA, VISIONS D'AFRIQUE, EDITIONS 5 CONTINENTS, MARY NOOTER ROBERTS ET 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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