MC1275 Belle statue féminine Luba Female Figure Congo RDC CONGO RDC are famous

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these cephalomorphic divination pestles were used by the soothsayers to grind kaolin and to enter into communication with the spirits

DIMENSIONS: Hauteur 24 cm

TYPE OF OBJECT: Heddle Pulley

the masks are rarer The Lilwa society (which could be compared to the Bwami of the Lega) organized the social structure

MC1275 Belle statue féminine Luba Female Figure Congo RDC CONGO RDC are famousEnglish description below CONGO DRC BEAUTIFUL CULTURAL STATUE LUBA Very beautiful sculpture, visibly old Despite its atypical position, it brings together most of the characteristics of Luba art, superb cross headdress, hands placed on the chest, scarifications The shoulders are spread out The face is imbued with great serenity. Beautiful patina It would have been carved in a workshop in the Lukuga region The Luba are a large people of eastern DRC.