Stool · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3042466
sold
EUR 1,700
Provenance
Alain Schoffel, Paris, FranceAlain Bovis, Paris, France
Size
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, hourglass-shaped, incised decor, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of usage;
the bottom symbolizes the earth, the top heaven or the other world. When boys returned from the mountains after being initiated, they usually sat on this kind of stool.
Comparing literature
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 24
Publications
AHDRC: 0142249