A Luba Kibango staff, Democratic Republic of Congo, carved with a kneeling female, a brass stud in

A Luba Kibango staff, Democratic Republic of Congo, carved with a kneeling female, a brass stud in her forehead, her hands supporting her breasts, the abdomen with scarifications, above a cross hatched carved panel, above two a male and female standing back to back and united by a blue & white beaded glass necklace, above a lozenge shaped panel and tapering shaft, 155cm; and a similar Luba Kibanga missing the bottom panel and shaft, 81cm The Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection