Mboko
For more than a thousand years the Luba have occupied the southeastern corner of the Congo. Most Luba art relates to kings and their subordinate chiefs, who defined their power by using carved prestige objects in their investiture ceremonies.
Insignia of kings or chiefs included female figures with bowls (Mboko) that were used in the investiture ceremony as well as to attest to the ruler’s authority
For more than a thousand years the Luba have occupied the southeastern corner of the Congo. Most Luba art relates to kings and their subordinate chiefs, who defined their power by using carved prestige objects in their investiture ceremonies.
Insignia of kings or chiefs included female figures with bowls (Mboko) that were used in the investiture ceremony as well as to attest to the ruler’s authority
For more than a thousand years the Luba have occupied the southeastern corner of the Congo. Most Luba art relates to kings and their subordinate chiefs, who defined their power by using carved prestige objects in their investiture ceremonies.
Insignia of kings or chiefs included female figures with bowls (Mboko) that were used in the investiture ceremony as well as to attest to the ruler’s authority
Tribe: Luba
Country: Congo
Age: >70
Height: 24 in.
Width: 10 in.