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Kete Lulua Cup (N° 29781)

Wooden cup carved in the shape of a horn. The relief motif, crouching subject and hands on the head, appears frequently in Kete Lulua sculpture. Object on its base: 25 cm.
Satin brown patina, cracks.
The Kete, established between the Luba and the Songye, have mixed with the Kuba and the Tschokwe and derive their subsistence from hunting, net fishing, and agriculture. Their matrilineal society worships nature spirits called mungitchi through offerings and incantations. Believing in reincarnation, they also fear a supreme god called mboom. The rituals of their initiatory societies are different from those of the Kuba. Some Kete villages once paid a tax to the king of the Kuba. Groups borrowed masks from their neighbors or took certain features from them and combined them with their own creations.
Ref.: "100 People of Zaire and their Sculpture" M.L. Félix.  

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OriginCollection française P.L.
EthnyKete
Countryrdc ex zaire
Material(s)wood
Height cm25
Width16 cm
Weight0.84 Kg
Estimated datingmid-xx°
Socle includedYes

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