Stool · Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3036668
sold
EUR 5,000
Provenance
Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, GermanyBradley Tribal Arts, New York
Christie’s, Paris, 16 Juin 2009, lot 87
Size
H: 34,5 cm
H: 13.6 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, circular base and seat, five standing karyatid figures, holding each others hands, adorned with old coins and brass wire, rep. (breakage at the rim), missing parts through insect caused damage (case), cracks, traces of abrasion
The object Stool with the object ID 3036668 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 521 achieved a sales price of EUR 5,000 with an asking price of EUR 3,000.
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