Mboko Cupbearer
Luba people, Democratic Republic of Congo
Width: 13.4”/34cm
Late 19th/early 20th century
Carmels Cohen Auction, Paris, June 23, 1996, Lot 67
Luba Mboko were containers for a sacred chalk–an empowered material used in divination. Mboko are at the heart of Luba mythology and represented authority and wisdom.
SOLD
