Axe handle · D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3043936
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Provenance
German Private CollectionSize
H: 33,5 cm
H: 13.2 inch
Description
wood, copper wire, rest.
Figurative axes of the Luba were worn over the shoulder as signs of status.
Above all they play a central role in the initiation rites of “mbudye”, an association responsible for inducting persons into royal office.These axes provide metaphors for “breaking a path” or “clearing a field for cultivation” useful in political circumstances.
The object Axe handle with the object ID 3043936 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 380.
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Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 77, ill. 25
Publications
AHDRC: 0153757