Caryatid stool
Mali, Malinke / Bamana
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
French Private CollectionSize
H: 54 cm
D: ca. 25 cm
H: 21.3 inch
D: ca. 9.8 inch
Description
heavy wood, rich slightly sticky red-brown patina, pokerwork,
This stool captivates with the simple elegance of the stylised caryatid figures with their elongated body shapes and linear engravings.
A stool by the same artist or workshop collected in situ in the 1940s, published in AHDRC 0130964.