Lot: 380

89e vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Manche d´une hache

R. D. Congo, Kuba

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
German Private Collection H: 33,5 cm Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

wood, copper wire, rest.

Figurative axes of the Luba were worn over the shoulder as signs of status.
Above all they play a central role in the initiation rites of "mbudye", an association responsible for inducting persons into royal office.These axes provide metaphors for "breaking a path" or "clearing a field for cultivation" useful in political circumstances.


Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 77, ill. 25