MC1330 Beau Tabouret à caryatide Luba Shankadi stool Congo Rdc Luba Provenance: collection of Mr

Provenance: collection of Mr

Cleveland Museum of Art

NGBAKA or neighboring people of Ubangi (Ngbandi or Mbanza) Expressive and powerful mask

to whom they are culturally close

MC1330 Beau Tabouret à caryatide Luba Shankadi stool Congo Rdc Luba Provenance: collection of MrEnglish description below CONGO DRC LUBA Shankadi Caryatid Seat KIPONA Very nice seat of the central Luba recognizable by the famous cascading hairstyle popular with the Shankadi We can also see very similar scarifications on the sides of the woman on the stool in the Lisbon museum illustrated in Luba, Neyt, 1993, p81 Seat assigned to a workshop in Malemba Nkulu, in Upemba Two things are striking in this work, the beauty of the face of the woman