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Stool with seated caryatid figure, D. R. Congo, Chokwe, Size: H: 22 cm (H: 8.7 inch), ID: 3043352
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Lot 397
88th Tribal Art Auction

Stool with seated caryatid figure ·  D. R. Congo, Chokwe · ID: 3043352

sold EUR 600
Provenance
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium
Wolf-Bernard Müller, Krefeld, Germany
Size
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch

Description

wood, shiny dark brown patina, rep. (breakage seat).
Present posture was commonly used to represent ancestral spirits in the artistic vocabulary of the Chokwe and related peoples.

The object Stool with seated caryatid figure with the object ID 3043352 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 397 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Bastin, Marie-Louise, La sculpture Tshokwe, Gossau 1982, p. 260

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