Stool "umele" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3034844
sold
EUR 160
Provenance
German Collection, DüsseldorfSize
H: 22,5 cm
B: 49,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch
B: 19.5 inch
Description
heavy wood, matt patina, incised triangular ornaments on both sides, massive handle for support, dam., cracks, missing parts, slight traces of usage;
such stools were reserved for elders or family heads of certain lineages, and for important chiefs. After the owners death they used to get blackened.
The object Stool “umele” with the object ID 3034844 was part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction on May 25, 2013. The object with the lot number 170 achieved a sales price of EUR 160 with an asking price of EUR 150.
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Comparing literature
Bocola, Sandro (Hg.), Afrikanische Sitze, München, New York 1994, p. 173, ill. 34