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Lovely old lukasa with very sweet and deep patina through years of use and a ripe “skin”.
Apart from beaded memory boards, the Luba have also made examples that are decorated with pictographic carving. The tribal historians working for chiefs and kings used them to “read” the local oral traditions on the migrations and state building activities of the various Luba groups. In the rectangular part of the board we find all sorts of symbols containing historical information ready for interpretation. The grip of the board consists of a classic male figure, finely carved with beard and coiffure.
For the literature compare: Mary Nooter Roberts and Allen F. Roberts: Luba Art and the Making of History. New York, 1996, pp. 126 ff.
Dimensions: 42 x 20 x 6 cm.
Tribe /Region: Luba of Shaba / Katanga Province of the southwestern DRC.
Material: Iroko hardwood
Weight: 0.800 kg.
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Sold with written declaration of authenticity by Dr. P. Westerdijk, museum ethnologist and cultural anthropologist specialized in the material cultures of people living south of the Sahara.
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