Caryatid stool · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3037066
sold
EUR 3,700
Provenance
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA (1951)Robertson, New York, USA
Size
H: 42 cm
D: 26,5 cm
H: 16.5 inch
D: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, matt black patina, female figure with compact upper part of the body, legs in flat relief amalgamated with the disc-shaped base, rich decor with tribal marks on the belly, big tooth-revealing mouth with filed incisors, slightly dam. (nose, breast, navel), minor missing parts, cracks, rep. (base/fixed with metal clamps);
caryatid figures often bear representations of cosmetic manipulations that are thought to enhance beauty and erotic pleasure.
Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 156 f.