Luba Double Female Caryatid Stool (Lupona) majiayaoculture Cypriot Lagynoi with a Funnel

Cypriot Lagynoi with a Funnel Shaped Mouth and a Twisted Handle

suggesting this figure symbolizes a person of high status

feathered headdresses

and dark painted designs

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Luba Double Female Caryatid Stool (Lupona) majiayaoculture Cypriot Lagynoi with a FunnelLuba people, mid. 20th century, Lukuga River Region, Democratic Republic of the Congo Superb and finely carved double caryatid stool (lupona) featuring two powerful addorsed female figures standing with short, muscular legs, long arms bent at the elbows, and their hands and heads supporting the circular seat. Both figures display the classic Luba coiffure and finely rendered scarification patterns across the body. Their narrow facessensitively