Minneapolis Institute of Art

Power Figure

Luba artist

Date

20th century

Medium

Wood, gourd, snakeskin, shells, seeds, antelope horn

Culture

Luba

Department

Arts of Global Africa

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This sculptural figure on a calabash gourd and its shells, horn and seed pods constitute a microcosmic world of power associated with divination and secret societies dealing with healing and social justice. Luba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

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