Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Royal stool

Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
sold EUR 260
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 24 cm
D: 23,5 cm
H: 9.4 inch
D: 9.3 inch

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.


Comparing literature

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

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