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Figure féminine assise portant une coupe "mboko"

R. D. Congo, Luba
Vendu 5 000 €
Provenance
Alain Guisson / Yannick Van Ruysevelt, Brussels, Belgium (2008)
Taille
L: 41 cm
L: 16.1 inch

Description

Luba bowl figures commemorate the first mythical Luba diviner, “Mijbu wa Kalenga”, and were primarily the preserve of royal diviners “bilumbu”, who used them as oracles.

The female figure can track down malevolent forces and act as a spy in the service of the diviner. Such figures are also reputed to have curative capacities.

Chalk in the bowl is used to paint the diviner’s face as a sign of grace and spiritual enlightenment.


Littérature comparée

Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 200

Publications

Expo.cat.: "BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XVIII", Brussels 2008, 67

AHDRC: 0029919


Exposition

Brussels, Belgium: "BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XVIII", 4-8 June 2008

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