Bâton d'officier "kibango" · R. D. Congo, Luba · ID: 3048493
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, metal, pigments, base
Staffs of office, “kibango”, are prestigious objects of great power that belong to the royal insignia.
Shapes, figural accessories and carved patterns provide information about the history of the respective owner and the lineage, which is why each “kibango” is unique. In a way, the staffs are carved narratives that can be read like texts and serve as a memory aid for their owner. However, only the owner himself or the magic priest who once consecrated the staff is able to do this.
Additionally charged with medicines and metals by ritual specialists, the powerful staffs are also said to have healing and protective powers.
L’objet Bâton d’officier “kibango” avec l’ID d’objet 3048493 a fait partie de l’enchère 97e Vente aux enchères en 6 novembre 2021 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 323.
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Littérature comparée
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 162 ff.