Luba Ritual Figure, DRC

Wood, pigments

H. 35cm

Provenance:

Pierre Danhaive, Namur

Galerie Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels

Publication:

Patrick Mestdagh, Art Primitif – Afrique, Océanie, 2004, n° 14

Price:

Price on request

For the Luba, beauty is not innate, but rather a reflection of moral perfection created over the course of a lifetime. This rare male sculpture is the work of an artist from the periphery of the Luba Heartland, where male ancestral figures were ritually used, indicating a reciprocal influence with the neighboring Hemba.

A work by the same hand was part of Baron Freddy Rolin‘s collection and is published in the catalog of his Luba-Hemba exhibition of 1979.