Stool ·  Cameroon Grassfields · ID: 3032165

Description

wood, partly shiny, brown patina, with circular seat and base, supported by two stylized leopards, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion;
in the Cameroon Grassfields stools are important chief regalias. The open worked base is typical for this region. The leopard embodies certain attributes like quickness, survivability and aggressiveness which were transferred on the king. So he became the most important royal symbol, like an “alter ego” of the king.

The object Stool with the object ID 3032165 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 107 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner, Kamerun und seine Kunst, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 90