Tribal Art

Collection ofAfrican artBelgian.
The Kuba are renowned for the refinement of prestige objects created for members of the high ranks of their society. The Lélé live to the west of the Kuba kingdom and share common cultural specificities with the Bushoong of the Kuba country. Both groups adorn their prestige objects with similar motifs. The only ethnic group to create a variety of lidded containers in which individual goods were stored, the Kuba decorated them with designs similar to those on embroidered textiles. The walls of this box, equipped with a sculpted handle, are in fact finely chiseled with a network of geometric patterns. Golden brown patina. Very good state.