Prestige stool ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035031

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, red, white and indigo blue pigment, round form, a female caryatid figure in the centre, two columnar struts and two pierced planks supporting the massive seat, the rim decorated with rhomb-shaped patterns, slightly dam., the underside of the base with severe traces of insect caused damage, rep.(one plank and the base), breakages fixed by nails, crack in the seat;
the facial features of the female figure in Abeokuta style.

The object Prestige stool with the object ID 3035031 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 296 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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