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Tablette mémorielle "lukasa" de la société "mbudye" ·  R. D. Congo, Luba · ID: 3046070

Vendu 1 100 €
Provenance
Collected in situ before 1920
Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium (2006)
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium (2016)

Description

wood, red and white pigment, base

As on the back of every “lukasa”, present object shows carved triangles and incised lines that are supposed to remind of a tortoise carapace, for this animal is considered the founding ancestress of the “mbudye” association.


Littérature comparée

Nooter Roberts, Mary, Luba, Milan 2007, p. 139 ff.


Publications

AHDRC: 0031150


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