Stool
AF5121
From: Belgian Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo
Curatorial Section: African
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Object Number
AF5121
Current Location
Collections Storage
Culture
Warua | Luba Province Bantu
Provenience
Belgian Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date Made
Late 19th Century CE
Section
African
Materials
Wood | Glass | Fiber
Description
The female figure supporting the this stool bears the marks of Luba identity and physical perfection, which includes scarification, an elegant coiffure, gleaming black skin, and a serene, composed attitude.
Height
42.4 cm
Width
23.2 cm
Depth
21.4 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from Vignier, 1919
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Blackmun Visona, Monica. A History of Art in Africa . Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001. See: p. 412, fig. 12-1
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Museum for African Art. Poster: Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History . 1996.
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Nooter Roberts, Mary H. "The Naming Game: Ideologies of Luba Artistic Identity." African Arts XXXI, no. 4. (1988).
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Nooter Roberts, Mary H., and Allen Roberts. Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History . New York: Museum for African Art, 1996. See: p. 221
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Preston, George N. Sets, Series & Ensembles in African Art . The Center for African Art, 1985. See: p. 73
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Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania . Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. See: pp. 128-129, fig. 62
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Dougherty, Frank. "African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News."
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Plass, Margaret B. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery ." The University Museum Bulletin 21, no. 4. ( Dec 1957): 5-76. See: p. 60
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Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture . The University Museum, 1956. See: p. 51
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Wieschhoff, Heinrich A. "I. Africa's History ." The University Museum Bulletin XI, no. 1-2. (1945): 34-73. See: p.17, fig. 4
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Hall, Henry U. "Notes on Some Congo and West African Woodcarvings ." The Museum Journal 14, no. 2. (1923): 101-134. See: pp. 123-124, 126, fig. 29-31
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Petridis, Constantijn. "Art from the Congo." Tribal Art Magazine no. 3. (2012): 36-41. See: p. 40, fig. 40
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Madeira, Percy C. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania . University of Pennsylvania Press, 1964. See: p. 81
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Wingert, Paul S. African Negro Sculpture . The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, 1948.
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Nooter Roberts, Mary H. "The Inner Eye: Vision and Transcendence in African Arts." African Arts 50, no. 1. (2017): 60-79. See: p. 70, fig. 18
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Nguyen, Arthur. "A Conversation with Dr. Polly Nooter Roberts on The Inner Eye." Insider 11, no. 2. (2017): 16-23. See: p. 19, fig. 5
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