Caryatid stool "kihona", before 1920 ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3042388

Description

light wood, matt black patina, in shape of a female figure with massive upper part of the body (striking strong upper arms), lower part of the body and tube-like bent legs amalgamated with the disc-shaped base, rich decor with tribal marks at the stomach, dam. (nose, mouth), eyes originally with inlay (?), cracks (seat, base), traces of insect caused damage;
a work by the same artist can be found in the Clark and Frances Stillman Collection, which was donated to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in 1969.

Comparing literature

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (ed.), The Clark and Frances Stillman Collection of Congo Sculpture, Dallas 1969, p. 55, ill. 115