Stool ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3033949

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, blackened in parts, circular base and seat, a fully plastic carved leopard with equestrian in the centre, accompanying figures, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
in the Cameroon Grassfields stools are important chief regalias. 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 3033949 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 327 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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Comparing literature

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 108