Luba Kibango scepter
€340.00
Known in the traditional arts of black Africa from the earliest antiquity, the scepters, already present in the cave paintings and Egyptian hieroglyphs (who does not remember the scepter of Moses competing in authority with the magicians and the soothsayers of the Pharaoh) are present in Luba daily life.
“Each Luba chiefdom, writes Burton, venerates a certain number of regalia considered as the expression of the very identity of the community.
These items vary from leader to leader; here, it is a caryatid seat and a headdress made of black feathers attached to a strip of cloth, there are sculpted scepters, the kibango and anthropomorphic scepters in the shape of paddles.
These tribal objects are so important that few people have the right to see them although no one is unaware of their existence. No charms are attached to them, yet these emblems are so valuable that no amount of money could be used to acquire them. »
Their symbolic value was once such that everyone was ready to risk their life so that this symbol would not fall into the hands of the enemy. A. Maesen reports that after the fight, the chief's first wife planted the scepter in the midst of the victims as a sign of victory.
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Mid XXth century
- Size
- 50 cm
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Tribal art collection Belgium
- Condition
- Excellent
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Known in the traditional arts of black Africa from the earliest antiquity, the scepters, already present in the cave paintings and Egyptian hieroglyphs (who does not remember the scepter of Moses competing in authority with the magicians and the soothsayers of the Pharaoh) are present in Luba daily life.
“Each Luba chiefdom, writes Burton, venerates a certain number of regalia considered as the expression of the very identity of the community.
These items vary from leader to leader; here, it is a caryatid seat and a headdress made of black feathers attached to a strip of cloth, there are sculpted scepters, the kibango and anthropomorphic scepters in the shape of paddles.
These tribal objects are so important that few people have the right to see them although no one is unaware of their existence. No charms are attached to them, yet these emblems are so valuable that no amount of money could be used to acquire them. »
Their symbolic value was once such that everyone was ready to risk their life so that this symbol would not fall into the hands of the enemy. A. Maesen reports that after the fight, the chief's first wife planted the scepter in the midst of the victims as a sign of victory.