Zemanek-Münster

Stool ·  Prairie Camerounaise, Bamiléké · ID: 3033949

Vendu 1 200 €

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, blackened in parts, circular base and seat, a fully plastic carved leopard with equestrian in the centre, accompanying figures, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
in the Cameroon Grassfields stools are important chief regalias. The leopard embodies certain attributes like quickness, survivability and aggressiveness which were transferred on the king. So he became the most important royal symbol, like an “alter ego” of the king.


Littérature comparée

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 108


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