Two stools ·  Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3037619

Description

wood, light brown patina, black paint, a) carved with a janus-head with both faces depicted in profile, crowned by a disc-shaped flattened coiffure, l: 56 cm, h: 29,5 cm; b) the smaller stool carved with just one head with a projecting crested coiffure, l: 49 cm, h: 33,5 cm, both of the stools slightly dam., cracks (coiffure, legs of the stools);
possibly a work of the sculptor Sikire Kambire, Gaoua (compare P. Meyer, 1981, ill. 189) or his surroundings.

The object Two stools with the object ID 3037619 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 187 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 141, ill. 189