Caryatid stool "kihona"
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Private French CollectionSize
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch
Description
wood, pigment, rep.
Stools with female caryatids were one of the symbols of royal power amongst the Luba. Women play an intermediary role between the other worldly forces and the world of the living as well as the power of the chief and that of ancestors and spirits.
Comparing literature
Sotheby's, African Art from the Egon Guenther Family Collection, New York 18 November 2000, lot 124Publications
AHDRC: 0153771