Royal stool ·  Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké · ID: 3032163

Description

wood, brown patina, paint remains, a leopard sculpture as caryatid figure, the body coated with a dotted pattern, dam., cracks, traces of abrasion;
in the Cameroon Grassfields stools are important chief regalias. The open worked base is typical for this region.

Littérature comparée

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 105