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Luba
Stool
wood
22 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in x 12 3/4 in (57.15 cm x 46.99 cm x 32.39 cm);22 1/2 in x 18 1/2 in x 12 3/4 in (57.15 cm x 46.99 cm x 32.39 cm)
Gift of Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
This standing female <em>nkisi mihasi</em>, or “benevolent” power figure, has been carved in light wood and exhibits many of the typical traits associated with the Luba Shankadi style, and more specifically, with the Mwanza center of production. These features include its disproportionately large, ovoid face, half open coffeebean-like eyes, wide mouth with full lips, triangular nose, high, convex forehead, cascading coiffure, protruding umbilicus, and, diamond-shaped tattoos carved in relief on the belly and in horizontal lines on the lower back and upper thighs. The figure stands with slightly flexed knees and with its arms bent at the elbows such that its palms rest upon the breasts, a pose commonly seen throughout Luba figural depictions of women.
Luba
Power Figure
1875 – 1885
wood |
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
2005/1.215
This set of bellows features an elegantly carved male head as a finial. Sitting atop a cylindrical neck that has been pierced with a metal ring, the polished male head features an ovoid face; a high forehead with a vertical line; scarified lines across the cheekbones; and, a coiffure with a finely, detailed pattern at the front and parted down the center.<br />
The man’s “torso” is a trapezoidal piece of wood while two long iron rods functioning as handles represent his “legs.” A pair of round chambers—one on each side of his torso—would originally have had leather bags attached to them, allowing for the pumping of air to heat a fire or forge.
Luba
Bellows
wood and iron
24 15/16 in x 17 11/16 in x 5 15/16 in (63.3 cm x 44.9 cm x 15 cm)
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
With head.
Luba
Kakishi
wood
5 9/10 in x 2 in x 3 ⅛ in (15 cm x 5 cm x 8 cm)
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
One of a pair of delicately carved, hippopotamus ivory statuette-pendants.  This female figure's head and upper body lean slightly forward, as opposed to her counterpart who stands upright.  Both, however, have been carved by the same hand and display the hallmark characteristics of the northeastern Luba stylistic form, namely: the round head with a convex face, large, coffeebean-shaped eyes, a rectangular mouth with prominent lips, a cylindrical neck, and a coiffure decorated on the back with a cruciform pattern. Additionally, both female figures clutch their breasts in their hands, a pose commonly seen among Luba sculptures of women. The statuettes have been pierced through, allowing them to suspend from a string.
Luba
Power Figure
hippopotamus ivory
3 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in (8.89 cm x 3.18 cm x 4.13 cm)
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
Luba
Bowl
1900 – 1932
terracotta |
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis

2000/2.109
Standing nude female figure with bent knees. The carved hair has a criss-cross pattern and there are bead inlays on the figure&#39;s hair, neck, and breasts. The figure&#39;s hands are at its hips and the bottom of the piece is an oval connecting to the figure&#39;s ankles in place of feet.
Luba
Female Figure
20th century
carved wood with bead inlay |
Gift of Michael and Phyllis Courlander
2016/1.255
Janus heads with elaborate headgear top a staff with a long, thin shaft and broader hourglass-shaped sections with a stylized human head in the middle of each one. The staff is covered with carved geometrical patterns of triangles, lozenges and lines, and ends in a metal-coiled tip at the bottom; it is heavy and has a shiny black patina.
Luba
Staff
1900 – 1940
wood with metal |
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.75
With a head.
Luba
Whistle
ivory
3 ⅛ in x 1 in x 1 1/16 in (8 cm x 2.6 cm x 2.7 cm)
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
Two carved female figures, holding one arm over each other's back, an the other resting on the stomach decorated with lozenge motifs and scarification patterns; one figure is wearing a rope around the middle. A curving shaft supports the figures, broadening from the metal tip at the bottom into two bulging forms, divided by a dark black line through the middle, and covered in a carved pattern of triangles and lines on both front and back. The staff is heavy, with a nice shiny patina.
Luba
Staff
1900 – 1940
wood with metal |
Gift of Margaret H. and Albert J. Coudron
2001/2.76
Luba
Female Figure
carved wood, horn and fibers
11 in x 4 3/10 in x 4 ⅛ in (27.94 cm x 10.95 cm x 10.48 cm)
Gift of the Honorable Jack Faxon
With a human head finial and fine patina.
Luba
Horn

ivory |
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.671

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