Stool · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3033949
sold
EUR 1,200
Size
H: 40,5 cm
D: 34 cm
H: 15.9 inch
D: 13.4 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 108