Stool
R. D. Congo, Luba
n'est plus disponible
Taille
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
Description
wood, shiny dark brown patina, metal tags, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, traces of usage;
nonfigurative stools may have been predecessors of the figurative ones. In a reading of a Luba stool, the four supports constitute the “roads” leading to the king’s capital, represented by the platform of the seat. A seat is therefore a center of political power and sacred authority.