Luba Shankadi prestige stool, Mwanza, Democratic Republic of Congo. Early to mid-20th century.
Luba Shankadi prestige stool, Mwanza, Democratic Republic of Congo. Early to mid-20th century.
Wood, black pigment, trade beads. 51 x 27 cm. The distinctive style of Mwanza was well documented by the pioneering British missionary W. F. P. Burton, who established his mission in the region in the 1920s (eventually known as the Congo Evangelistic Mission) and
Published
copiously on Luba life and traditions. A dozen or so stools in this style are known, as well as a number of bowl bearing female figures 'mbokoö, one of which was famously photographed by Burton and showing Kitwa Biseke, official carver to the Nkulu chieftainship (Mwanza region) in the process of finishing one. This stool and the one accompanying it in the field photograph, probably represent some of the last traditional stools retained by an elder and represent two generations of carving, and possibly recall the memory of specific departed ancestors or spouse.
Provenance
Belgian Private collection.
Published
Photographed in Situ in 1925.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
21.06.2018 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 25,000.- to EUR 35,000.-
Luba Shankadi prestige stool, Mwanza, Democratic Republic of Congo. Early to mid-20th century.
Wood, black pigment, trade beads. 51 x 27 cm. The distinctive style of Mwanza was well documented by the pioneering British missionary W. F. P. Burton, who established his mission in the region in the 1920s (eventually known as the Congo Evangelistic Mission) and
Published
copiously on Luba life and traditions. A dozen or so stools in this style are known, as well as a number of bowl bearing female figures 'mbokoö, one of which was famously photographed by Burton and showing Kitwa Biseke, official carver to the Nkulu chieftainship (Mwanza region) in the process of finishing one. This stool and the one accompanying it in the field photograph, probably represent some of the last traditional stools retained by an elder and represent two generations of carving, and possibly recall the memory of specific departed ancestors or spouse.
Provenance
Belgian Private collection.
Published
Photographed in Situ in 1925.
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 21.06.2018 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 16.06. - 21.06.2018 |