African Tribal Art, Kuba Textile Handwoven Raffia From Congo (DRC)
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Title (2) African tribal art, Kuba Textile Handwoven Raffia from Congo (DRC) County of origin Democratic Republic of Congo People Kuba
Approximate size 112 cm- 44 inches high. 37 cm- 14.5 Inches wide &nbs...p; KUBA TRIBAL INFORMATION LOCATION Southeastern Congo (Zaire) POPULATION 250, 000 LANGUAGE BaKuba (central Bantu) NEIGHBORING PEOPLES Chokwe, Luba, Luluwa, Lele TYPES OF ART The beautiful cloth, the Kuba also produce carved wooden masks and figures. They also carve headrests, divination oracles, and anthropomorphic cups. HISTORY In the 16th century, the Kuba peoples migrated from the distant north to their current location along the Sankuru River. When they arrived, however, they found that the Twa already lived there. The Twa were eventually absorbed into the Kuba Kingdom, but retained some independent cultural characteristics. The height of the Kingdom was during the mid-19th century. Europeans first reached the area in 1884, but the Kuba, being relatively isolated, were not as affected by the slave trade as many of the other peoples in the area. The Nsapo invaded during the late 19th century, and the Kingdom was broken up to a large extent. ECONOMY The rivers which define the Kuba territory provide the fish consumed in the area. They also farm maize and cassava, both of which were imported from the new world. The Kuba weave beautiful raffia cloth, which is embroidered by the women and traded to surrounding areas. POLITICAL SYSTEMS The Kuba Kingdom is actually comprised of numerous smaller ethnic groups, including the Bushoong, Ngeende, Kel, Pyaang, Bulaang, Bieeng, Ilebo, Idiing, Kaam, Ngoombe Kayuweeng, Shoowa, Bokila, Maluk, and Ngongo. The King of Kuba is always Bushoong. Each of the ethnic groups has a representative in residence at the Bushoong court. RELIGION The Kuba oral history tells of the creation of the world by Bumba, who decreed that the Bushoong would always be the ruling class. This creator god is not formally worshiped. At one time the Kuba had a religion based on ancestor worship, but this seems to have died out, although divination is still practiced in order to discover causes of evil. Success during hunting is recognized as a gift from the gods. It is not incidental that diviners often employ carved wooden hunting dogs as rubbing oracles in order to arrive at their knowledge. Dogs are seen throughout the region as responsible for delivering the will of the god, whether it be through hunting or through the diviner. Pleaseemail me with any questions. Pleasenote I will give discount on combined shipping if purchasing multipleitems
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Approximate size 112 cm- 44 inches high. 37 cm- 14.5 Inches wide &nbs...p; KUBA TRIBAL INFORMATION LOCATION Southeastern Congo (Zaire) POPULATION 250, 000 LANGUAGE BaKuba (central Bantu) NEIGHBORING PEOPLES Chokwe, Luba, Luluwa, Lele TYPES OF ART The beautiful cloth, the Kuba also produce carved wooden masks and figures. They also carve headrests, divination oracles, and anthropomorphic cups. HISTORY In the 16th century, the Kuba peoples migrated from the distant north to their current location along the Sankuru River. When they arrived, however, they found that the Twa already lived there. The Twa were eventually absorbed into the Kuba Kingdom, but retained some independent cultural characteristics. The height of the Kingdom was during the mid-19th century. Europeans first reached the area in 1884, but the Kuba, being relatively isolated, were not as affected by the slave trade as many of the other peoples in the area. The Nsapo invaded during the late 19th century, and the Kingdom was broken up to a large extent. ECONOMY The rivers which define the Kuba territory provide the fish consumed in the area. They also farm maize and cassava, both of which were imported from the new world. The Kuba weave beautiful raffia cloth, which is embroidered by the women and traded to surrounding areas. POLITICAL SYSTEMS The Kuba Kingdom is actually comprised of numerous smaller ethnic groups, including the Bushoong, Ngeende, Kel, Pyaang, Bulaang, Bieeng, Ilebo, Idiing, Kaam, Ngoombe Kayuweeng, Shoowa, Bokila, Maluk, and Ngongo. The King of Kuba is always Bushoong. Each of the ethnic groups has a representative in residence at the Bushoong court. RELIGION The Kuba oral history tells of the creation of the world by Bumba, who decreed that the Bushoong would always be the ruling class. This creator god is not formally worshiped. At one time the Kuba had a religion based on ancestor worship, but this seems to have died out, although divination is still practiced in order to discover causes of evil. Success during hunting is recognized as a gift from the gods. It is not incidental that diviners often employ carved wooden hunting dogs as rubbing oracles in order to arrive at their knowledge. Dogs are seen throughout the region as responsible for delivering the will of the god, whether it be through hunting or through the diviner. Pleaseemail me with any questions. Pleasenote I will give discount on combined shipping if purchasing multipleitems
Good luck and thanks for looking.
Please note I do combined shipping as follows: 15 USD I reduce to 10 USD20 USD I reducedto 14 USD 25USD I reduce to 16 USD30USD I reduce to 20 USD35 USD Ireduce to 25 USD40 USD Ireduce to 29 USD45 USD Ireduced to 30 USD50 USD Ireduce to 34 USD55 USD Ireduce to 37 USD60 USD I reduceto 41 USD65 USD Ireduce to 43 USD70 USDI reduce to 46 USD75 USD Ireduce to 49 USD80 USD I reduce to 55 USD I also look the combine weight and reduce further where possible
