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Description : Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Luba peoples, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. This is a hand-carved wooden miniature lupona stool comprised of a kneeling nude woman holding the flattened disc seat over her head. She has delineated genitalia between her folded legs, and incised linear scarification marks on her stomach, sides, and cheeks. Her face is highly stylized with almond shaped eyes, wide lips, and pointed chin. Further back on her elongated head is a hook shaped coiffure. This woman figure represented fertility and her use as a lupona stool literally and symbolically shows her support of the person seated upon it. These smaller stools were probably entirely symbolic and not used for sitting. Size: 4 Diameter x 7 H (10.2 cm x 17.8 cm) Provenance: private San Francisco, California, USA collection, acquired 1970s to 2000s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #170448
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