MC1282 Bâton de Chef Luba Congo Kibango Sceptre Canne Regalia Scepter Luba Sculptures Africaines

Sculptures Africaines

Blakely - Masks in Congo

please have a look below CONGO DRC

along Lake Tanganyika

MC1282 Bâton de Chef Luba Congo Kibango Sceptre Canne Regalia Scepter Luba Sculptures AfricainesEnglish description below CONGO DRC LUBA KIBANGO CHIEF'S CANE SCEPTER OF AUTHORITY COMMAND STAFF A kneeling female representation in the round tops this beautiful chief's staff. Two faces carved in bas relief adorn the bottom According to Mary Booter Roberts 1996 p164 about a stick in the Tervuren museum, these faces represent the twin tutelary spirits of the Luba Kingdom, Mpanga (feminine) and Banze (masculine) A stick with these characteristics was