--- title: Carved Stool, Luba Kingdom author: The British Museum source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12049/carved-stool-luba-kingdom/ format: machine-readable-alternate license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) updated: 1970-01-01 --- # Carved Stool, Luba Kingdom _Authored by The British Museum_ ## Image File [![Carved Stool, Luba Kingdom](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12049.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12049.jpg) ## Image Caption A carved wooden stool in the form of a figure from the [Kingdom of Luba](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kingdom_of_Luba/) (15-19th century CE), central [Africa](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/africa/). Height: 42.5 cm. (British Museum, London) ## Cite This Work ### APA Museum, T. B. (2020, March 30). Carved Stool, Luba Kingdom. *World History Encyclopedia*. ### Chicago Museum, The British. "Carved Stool, Luba Kingdom." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 30, 2020. . ### MLA Museum, The British. "Carved Stool, Luba Kingdom." *World History Encyclopedia*, 30 Mar 2020, . ## License & Copyright The British Museum has released this image under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International ([CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)) license. You can read more about the British Museum and Creative Commons [here](https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use/copyright_and_permissions.aspx). [Original image](https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=587757&partId=1&searchText=Luba&images=true&lookup-people=e.g.+Hokusai,+Ramesses&people=&lookup-place=e.g.+India,+Shanghai,+Thebes&place=&from=ad&fromDate=&to=ad&toDate=&lookup-object=e.g.+bowl,+hanging+scroll,+print&object=&lookup-subject=e.g.+farming,+New+Testament&subject=&lookup-matcult=e.g.+Choson+Dynasty,+Ptolemaic&matcult=&lookup-technique=e.g.+carved,+celadon-glazed&technique=&lookup-school=e.g.+French,+Mughal+Style&school=&lookup-material=e.g.+canvas,+porcelain,+silk&material=&lookup-ethname=e.g.+Hmong,+Maori,+Taiðname=6400&page=1) by [**The British Museum**](https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=587757&partId=1&searchText=Luba&images=true&lookup-people=e.g.+Hokusai,+Ramesses&people=&lookup-place=e.g.+India,+Shanghai,+Thebes&place=&from=ad&fromDate=&to=ad&toDate=&lookup-object=e.g.+bowl,+hanging+scroll,+print&object=&lookup-subject=e.g.+farming,+New+Testament&subject=&lookup-matcult=e.g.+Choson+Dynasty,+Ptolemaic&matcult=&lookup-technique=e.g.+carved,+celadon-glazed&technique=&lookup-school=e.g.+French,+Mughal+Style&school=&lookup-material=e.g.+canvas,+porcelain,+silk&material=&lookup-ethname=e.g.+Hmong,+Maori,+Taiðname=6400&page=1). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 30 March 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.