Royal stool ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3032163

Description

wood, brown patina, paint remains, a leopard sculpture as caryatid figure, the body coated with a dotted pattern, dam., cracks, traces of abrasion;
in the Cameroon Grassfields stools are important chief regalias. The open worked base is typical for this region.

The object Royal stool with the object ID 3032163 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 111 achieved a sales price of EUR 260.

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Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 105