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Caryatid stool "kihona", D. R. Congo, Luba, Size: H: 32 cm (H: 12.6 inch), ID: 3044201
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Lot 413
89th Tribal Art Auction

Caryatid stool "kihona" ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3044201

sold EUR 3,000
Provenance
Private French Collection
Size
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 124

Publications

AHDRC: 0153771

Africa

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