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Title stool of the "ozo" society ·  Nigeria, Igbo, Awka Region · ID: 3044732

Price EUR 3,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance

Family Estate Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones, London, Great Britain

Jones (1940-1982) was a British Army officer and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, awarded for his actions as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment during the Falklands War.

Size
H: 33,5 cm
D: 34,5 cm
H: 13.2 inch
D: 13.6 inch

Description

wood,
For a work by the same artist see Cole, 1984, p. 50, ill. 71.

Title stools are important visual markers for the social rank and prestige of its owner. While stools were carved in many Igbo communities, Awka carvers are the best known.


The object Title stool of the “ozo” society with the object ID 3044732 was part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art on November 17, 2018, lot number 188 at that time and is currently available for EUR 3,000 in Open sale.

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Comparing literature

Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 50


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