Stool · Tanzania, Makonde · ID: 3033414
sold
EUR 4,500
Provenance
Sotheby’s New York, 15 November 2002, lot 98Egon Guenther, Johannesburg, South Africa
Christie’s Paris, 11 June 2007, lot 158
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 37,5 cm
H: 14.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, blackened in parts, in shape of a standing female figure with lip plug and inset glass eyes, a round seat with ornamented rim, min. dam., fissures, traces of insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion, on base;
the general denomination for this disc was “pelele”. The largest discs were only allowed for women who had given birth to at least seven children.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher D., Kilengi, Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Bareiss, München 1997, p. 115, ill. 53