Tabouret ·  Grassfields du Cameroun, Bamiléké · ID: 3024693

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, circular form, tribe-typical facial features and headgears, min. dam., cracks (seat, base, neck, arm), slight traces of abrasion;
in the Cameroon Grassfields stools are important regalia of the chief. The open worked base is typical for this region. The leopard embodies certain attributes like velocity, survivability and aggressiveness which were transfered on the king. So he became the most important royal symbol, like an “alter ego” of the king.

L’objet Tabouret numéro d’objet 3024693, a fait partie de la dernière 77th tribal art auction du 28 juin 2014 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 402 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 000 €.

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Littérature comparée

Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 104 f.