Small caryatid stool · Angola, Chokwe · ID: 3042993
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Sotheby’s, London, 12 July 1977, lot 159
Ketterer, Munich, 6 May 1978, lot 465
Nusser, Munich, 2 November 1994, lot 281 (pictured on front page)
Description
wood, slightly luminous blackish brown patina, bracelet from metal sheet, tribe typical “cingelyengelye” tattoo on the forehead, slightly dam., missing parts at the base (above all on the backside), crack (seat).
This chiefs stool features a female figure seated with elbows on knees and cradling her head in her hands - a pose commonly used to represent ancestral spirits in the artistic vocabulary of Chokwe and related people. This pose is associated with elders, people deep in thought, and also with burial position of chiefs and important members of the community.
The object Small caryatid stool with the object ID 3042993 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 486 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Jordán, Manuel (ed.), Chokwe!, München, London, New York 1998, ill. 13
Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst, München 1997, p. 293, fig.199
AHDRC: 0002256