MC1134 Luba Congo Kibango Bâton de Chef Sceptre Canne Regalia Scepter MASQUE (une tête a été cassée

(une tête a été cassée et recollée)

A multitude of aphorisms are used in stories and songs The aim is to formulate and to interpret in multiple symbolic ways principles

and the squatting position

1995 (Notes by Daniel P

MC1134 Luba Congo Kibango Bâton de Chef Sceptre Canne Regalia Scepter MASQUE (une tête a été casséeEnglish description below CONGO DRC LUBA KIBANGO CHIEF'S CANE SCEPTER OF AUTHORITY COMMAND STAFF Superb feminine representation, all elegance and finesse The Kibango , batons of command, symbols of authority (regalia), were reserved for leaders, village chiefs or important dignitaries. They displayed the social position of their holders. The board shaped section engraved with symbolic geometric patterns is called dibulu . The Luba are a great people