MC1134 Luba Congo Kibango Bâton de Chef Sceptre Canne Regalia Scepter MASQUE with half-moon eyes and mouth

with half-moon eyes and mouth and painted spot decoration all over the face

and the squatting position

(une tête a été cassée et recollée)

1995 (Notes by Daniel P

MC1134 Luba Congo Kibango Bâton de Chef Sceptre Canne Regalia Scepter MASQUE with half-moon eyes and mouthEnglish description below CONGO DRC LUBA KIBANGO CHIEF'S CANE SCEPTER OF AUTHORITY COMMAND STAFF Superb feminine representation, all elegance and finesse The Kibango , batons of command, symbols of authority (regalia), were reserved for leaders, village chiefs or important dignitaries. They displayed the social position of their holders. The board shaped section engraved with symbolic geometric patterns is called dibulu . The Luba are a great people