Chiefs stool "kiti ya sultani" · D. R. Congo, Maniema, Zula · ID: 3044156
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 14 April 2007, lot 32
Damien Reeners, Brussels, Belgium
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood,
For a chief stool by the same workshop see Schädler, 2009, p. 641 (AHDRC 0032363).
Art of the Zula was strongly influenced by the Luba empire, but only a few objects have survived due to their conversion to Islam led by Sultani Omari around 1875.
The only objects that seem to have survived are the “kiti ya sultani”, or chiefs stools. As thrones, they symbolized the chiefs power and continuity.
The object Chiefs stool “kiti ya sultani” with the object ID 3044156 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 480 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,200.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 641 Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 211
Publications
AHDRC: 0032371