Luba haircomb from Congo (3) | Creative-museum

Exhibitions

FROM THE OTTOMANS TO THE QAJARS

STONES LEAVES SCISSORS

PLUMES

MY FAVORITE COMBS

LE JAPON AMOUREUX

SPECIAL GUEST: JEN CRUSE

FROM ART NOUVEAU TO ART DECO, 2nd part

FROM ART NOUVEAU TO ART DECO, 1st part

THE RICHES OF THE FRENCH EMPIRE

EN TÊTE À TÊTE

Luba haircomb from Congo (3)
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Width : 4 3/8 inch
Height : 9 5/8 inch
Depth : 1 7/8 inch
Tribal art comb, from the LUBA people living in the south-eastern DR CONGO. They are primarly farmers and hunters and have kept their cultural and regligious indentity. They officiate an ancestor cult that relies on the magnifificient hierachical figures in their statuary. On this comb are a man, his wife and their baby.