Caryatid stool "kipona" ("kihona") · D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba · ID: 3052236
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Provenance
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, BelgiumPace Gallery, New York, USA
Werner Schmalenbach, Göttingen, Germany
Size
H: 45,5 cm
H: 17.9 inch
Description
wood, encrusted patina, rest., base
Luba caryatid stools were considered a symbol of the highest royal power and authority. They were kept and guarded by the king’s first wife.
The caryatid figures of the throne stools are always female, in which the influential role of the woman in the society of the Luba is expressed. As the bearer of the throne, she supports the ruler and thus his worldly and sacral power.
The object Caryatid stool “kipona” (“kihona”) with the object ID 3052236 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 360.
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