MC1282 Bâton de Chef Luba Congo Kibango Sceptre Canne Regalia Scepter Luba please have a look below

please have a look below CONGO DRC

Delivered WITHOUT the base

Rare BEMBE Ancestor Figure

comments (in Masks in Congo) on a similar mask that was used to frighten: "the alternation of colors in particular

MC1282 Bâton de Chef Luba Congo Kibango Sceptre Canne Regalia Scepter Luba please have a look belowEnglish description below CONGO DRC LUBA KIBANGO CHIEF'S CANE SCEPTER OF AUTHORITY COMMAND STAFF A kneeling female representation in the round tops this beautiful chief's staff. Two faces carved in bas relief adorn the bottom According to Mary Booter Roberts 1996 p164 about a stick in the Tervuren museum, these faces represent the twin tutelary spirits of the Luba Kingdom, Mpanga (feminine) and Banze (masculine) A stick with these characteristics was