Luba Objects, DRC

LUBA STYLE OBJECTS, DRC

LUBA STYLE
Comb 2
10.25" high
$150

LUBA STYLE
Mbira 1
14.5" high
$250

LUBA STYLE
Comb 1
11" high
$150

LUBA STYLE
Drum 1
22.5" high
$800

LUBA STYLE
Object 3
17" high
$300

LUBA STYLE
Spoon 1
17" high
$300

LUBA STYLE
Object 2
$300

The Luba objects below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.

LUBA
Headdress 1
SOLD

LUBA STYLE Small Bed 1, 46" long x 10" high, SOLD

Photographs © Tim Hamill

Most Luba art relates to kings and important chiefs, who defined their power by the display of prestige objects during major ceremonies. Every object shows the care and fine carving for which the Luba are known. Often embellishing objects with a female figure, the Luba believed that women mediated between kings and the spirit world.

Despite their traditional form and appearance, these objects exhibit little use or age and were probably made to be sold.

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