Stool ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3042466

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.

The object Stool with the object ID 3042466 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 248 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700.

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Comparing literature

Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 24

Publications

AHDRC: 0142249