Standing female ancestor figure · R. D. Congo, Luba · ID: 3038525
The Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
Dorothy Brill Robbins, New York, USA
Description
wood, reddish brown patina with traces of black paint, elongated trunk, extremely flattened on both sides, cross-shaped hairdo, min. dam. (left eye, cheeks, toes), cracks (right side of head and body), breakage (right arm), missing parts (left heel), base;
the figural carving of the Luba can be divided in two different groups, ritual objects, like the ancestor figures and emblems of power, like figural stools or female bowl bearing figures. The serene expression and the slit-like, nearly closed eyes refer to the world of the ancestors, respectively the world of the death.
The gesture with the hands up to the breasts refers to the life- and nourishment-giving role of women in Luba society.
L’objet Standing female ancestor figure avec l’ID d’objet 3038525 a fait partie de l’enchère 80th Tribal Art Auction en 27 juin 2015 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 459.
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Littérature comparée
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 42