Title stool of the "ozo" society · Nigeria, Igbo, Awka Region · ID: 3048806
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Clive Loveless, London, EnglandSize
H: 29 cm
D: 27 cm
H: 11.4 inch
D: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, black paint, rest., breakage
A work by the same artist illustrated in Cole,1984, p. 50, fig. 71. Both stools show the same distinctive structure of interlocking struts. The design of the base plate with linear engravings and small bird sculptures also matches.
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.
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 50, ill. 71