Musamo (headrest), c. 1850–1900.
Musamo (headrest) (museum title)
Art luba, wood, glass beads, plant fiber.
Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain
Sculpture of the Luba kingdom, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 works held in 1 museum
Musamo (headrest) (museum title)
Art luba, wood, glass beads, plant fiber.
Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain
Lupona (royal seat) (museum title)
Art luba, wood, metal studs.
Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain
Lupona (royal seat) (museum title)
Art luba, wood, glass beads, cotton fiber(?).
Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain
Luba works of the 19th and early 20th centuries, in the public domain. No museum in the Democratic Republic of the Congo publishes its collection online yet: these works are held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, named under each work, which publishes their photographs in the public domain (CC0). The museum attributes the first royal seat to Ngongo ya Chintu (c. 1810-1870), long known as the Buli Master, and the headrest to the Master of the Cascade Coiffure. Title, date, materials and dimensions are taken from the museum's record.