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A LUBA SHANKADI HAIR PIN
By Kiloko
Carved as two kneeling female figures surmounted by a head, each head with band of keloids to the center of the forehead and with ridged coiffure, blond patina
6in. (15cm.) Long

Lot Essay

Kiloko worked in the village of Busangu, about seventy kilometers from Kamina. S. Peeraer bought five of his carvings in 1936, see "The Luba Shankadi Style", African Arts, Autumn 1973, Vol.VII, no.1, p.8, fig.1; p.14, fig.13; p.15, fig.14

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