Tabouret cariatide · R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3043541
Philippe Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, lot 379
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
David Blackhurst, Bakersfield, USA
Description
wood, dark brown patina, female figure rising from disproportionate large feet, min. dam., cracks (plinth, torso, seat), base.
The use of such stools was subject to special occacions, such as birth, initiation, marriage, or case of death. They were reserved for a political and spiritual “upper class”, such as chiefs, priests, medicine men, healers and dignitaries. They mainly fullfilled representative and ritual functions.
L’objet Tabouret cariatide avec l’ID d’objet 3043541 a fait partie de l’enchère 88e vente aux enchères Tribal Art en 10 mars 2018 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 455.
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Littérature comparée
Bocola, Sandro (Hg.), Afrikanische Sitze, München, New York 1994, p. 124
Publications
AHDRC: 0042143