Ritual stool ·  Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3037155

Description

wood, painted in white and black, kneeling female caryatid figure with the head turned sideways, carved with shorts, min. dam., traces of abrasion;
such stools are prominent in the ritual and ceremonial life at royal courts and in the lives of ordinary people. During rituals and ceremonies stools are carried in processions proclaiming the succession of kings and their deeds, as well as events in the history of state. Children are given stools by their father to mark various passages in life from childhood to adult status. When first wed husbands present a stool to his new wife. Stools are eminently personal to their owner containing a segment of their spiritual being and no one would ever sit on anothers stool.

L’objet Ritual stool avec l’ID d’objet 3037155 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 77th tribal art auction dans 28 juin 2014 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 247 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 800 €.

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Expertise

Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, 30.06.2003, Munich