Luba Kipona prestige chair
Luba sculptors are certainly among the most prolific individuals in the field of African tribal art.
In addition to the immense anonymous artistic corpus of this Congolese kingdom, there are numerous artists or workshops specific to a singular aesthetic.
The traditional objects of the Luba group, which of course includes many sub-ethnic groups, are of far too diverse types to be listed here in addition to detailing the numerous regional and temporal stylistic variations.
However, it is considered that a significant part of the Baluba corpus was linked to power and authority figures.
Seats, thrones or stools such as this are part of the regalia of dignitaries. So, this seat is much more than an everyday object. It materially concretizes in the eyes of ordinary mortals the authority of a dignitary through the central theme encountered in the Luba tradition: the female figure.
The woman is present in an immeasurable number of African Luba art objects as a central figure linked to the founding mother of the kingdom.
Among this corpus giving a central place to the royal female figure, the kipona caryatid seats, related to neck rests.
This wonderful pieces comes from :
Ex. Bob Berete collection, dealer and intermediary for Pierre Dartevelle since 1971.
Ex. Pierre Dartevelle gallery, Brussels
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Circa 1930
- Size
- 39 cm
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Pierre Dartevelle Collection
- Condition
- Vintage
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Luba sculptors are certainly among the most prolific individuals in the field of African tribal art.
In addition to the immense anonymous artistic corpus of this Congolese kingdom, there are numerous artists or workshops specific to a singular aesthetic.
The traditional objects of the Luba group, which of course includes many sub-ethnic groups, are of far too diverse types to be listed here in addition to detailing the numerous regional and temporal stylistic variations.
However, it is considered that a significant part of the Baluba corpus was linked to power and authority figures.
Seats, thrones or stools such as this are part of the regalia of dignitaries. So, this seat is much more than an everyday object. It materially concretizes in the eyes of ordinary mortals the authority of a dignitary through the central theme encountered in the Luba tradition: the female figure.
The woman is present in an immeasurable number of African Luba art objects as a central figure linked to the founding mother of the kingdom.
Among this corpus giving a central place to the royal female figure, the kipona caryatid seats, related to neck rests.
This wonderful pieces comes from :
Ex. Bob Berete collection, dealer and intermediary for Pierre Dartevelle since 1971.
Ex. Pierre Dartevelle gallery, Brussels