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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 36 (2001)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 36

"A Figure for Cibola: Art, Politics, and Aesthetics, among the Luluwa People of the Democratic Republic of the Congo"

Petridis, Constantine

2001

24 pages

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Constantijn Petridis

Met Art in Publication

Bwanga bwa cibola (maternity power figure), Luluwa artist and mpaka manga (ritual specialist), Wood, copper alloy, Luluwa peoples — Bwanga bwa cibola (maternity power figure)
Luluwa artist and mpaka manga (ritual specialist)
19th–early 20th century

Bwanga bwa bwimpe (female power figure), Luluwa artist and mpaka manga (ritual specialist), Wood, ivory (?), applied organic matter, Luluwa peoples — Bwanga bwa bwimpe (female power figure)
Luluwa artist and mpaka manga (ritual specialist)
19th–early 20th century

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