Caryatid stool ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3040800

Description

wood, brown patina, red pigment, blackened in parts, in form of a kneeling female figure, prominent navel, rep. (breakage seat), missing parts, traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, cracks;
the use of such stools was reserved for special occacions, such as birth, initiation, marriage, or in case of death. They were reserved for a political and spiritual “upper class”, such as chiefs, priests, medicine men, healers and dignitaries. They mainly fullfilled representative and/or ritual functions, but were donated to kings or merited dignitaries as well. They were not destined to be shown in public.

The object Caryatid stool with the object ID 3040800 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 469 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

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