Round stool · R. D. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3037695
Vendu
800 €
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, round seat with crescent-shaped pierced handle, incised ornaments at the rim, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
Mangbetu women used to carry stools with them wherever they went. But only Chiefs possessed two storied stools in order to sit on a higher level than the surrounding women.
Littérature comparée
Bocola, Sandro (Hg.), Afrikanische Sitze, München, New York 1994, p. 127