Luba Stool
Tribe: Luba
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo
Material: Wood
Size: 15" (38 cm) Tall
Condition: Top Broken, see in images, back part of the top is missing.
Status: SOLD - Private Collection - Florida, USA
The iconographic representation of women in Luba sculpture is widespread and correlates to the important role of women in Luba society. The Luba are best known for their stools, divination bowls (mboko), beautifully carved bow stands, and memory boards (lukasa).
The Luba people (who are also called the Baluba) live in the forests and savannas of a large area of the southern Congo. The Luba hunt, fish, gather, keep livestock and farm, mostly maize and cassava. They live in small villages that have only one long street with rectangular huts on both sides. The Luba people worship a supreme being and natural-spirits. They believe that when something bad happens to a person it happens because of something bad that that person did in the past. |
