Stool · Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki · ID: 3036189
Rudolf Sühnel, Heidelberg, Germany
Description
wood, brown patina, pokerwork, ring-shaped base, carved with three leopards and three standing figures arranged in a circle, rep. (breakage at the seat), cracks, traces of abrasion;
in the Cameroon Grassfields stools are an important part of a chiefs regalia. The leopard embodies certain attributes like speediness, survivability and aggressiveness which were transferred on the king. This is why the animal became the most important royal symbol, like an “alter ego” of the king.
The object Stool with the object ID 3036189 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 376.
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Comparing literature
Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 104 f.