Description : Fertility doll add to watchlistLuba, D. R. Kongo wood, dark brown patina, abstract form, massive cylindrical corpus with incised scarification marks on the front side, surmounted by four angled legs supporting an arching disc on top, decorated with linear patterns, slightly dam., minor missing parts, hairline cracks, twins play important roles in Luba and Tabwa histories and beliefs as culture heroes. A proxy for a deceased twin, a twin figure is fed, bathed, loved and put to bed with the living twin. H: 12 cm, (4839/002) Provenance Private Collection, Belgium Literature Cameron, Elisabeth L., Isn't she a doll? Play and Ritual in African Sculpture, Los Angeles 1996, p. 82 Bofinger, Brigitte und Wolfgang, Puppen aus Afrika, Stuttgart 2006, p. 92
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