Stool - Luba - DR Congo (No reserve price)

This Luba stool, carved from wood with a dark, deep ritual patina, is distinguished by its figure of a female caryatid. The face, with serene features, presents half-closed eyes and a conical headdress stretched backward. Supporting the curved seat with its raised arms, the body bears prominent breasts and refined abdominal scarifications, symbols of the Luba ideal beauty. Resting on an oval base, this piece is not merely a seat, but a powerful vessel of ancestral memory. It embodies the power of the deceased chief through the female figure, regarded by the Luba as the sacred receptacle of spiritual authority.