Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Ancestor bust (singiti) from Congo region
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Ancestor bust (singiti) from Congo region
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Image View:
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Overall view from the side (statue is a fragment)
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Creator:
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unknown (Hemba sculptor)
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Location:
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exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
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Date:
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19th century (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Central African; Hemba
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Style Period:
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Hemba
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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wood
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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human figure; portrait; Luba region; genealogy; lineage
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Description:
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The Hemba people (or Eastern Luba) are an ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They memorialized distinguished ancestors (e.g. chiefs, warriors, and heads of lineages) in sculpted wooden figures (sing. singiti; pl. lusingiti) that served as vessels for their spirits. A visual genealogical record, the figures were cared for by a designated member of the lineage, who arranged them in the order in which they lived. While sculpted lusingiti are idealized images, each represents a specific Hemba ancestor whose spirit is contained therein. (Source: Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) [website]; https://www.dma.org/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-SAB-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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