Tabouret cariatide "kihona", R. D. Congo, Luba, Taille: H: 32 cm, ID: 3044201

Tabouret cariatide "kihona", R. D. Congo, Luba, Taille: H: 32 cm, ID: 3044201 - 2/6

Tabouret cariatide "kihona", R. D. Congo, Luba, Taille: H: 32 cm, ID: 3044201 - 3/6

Tabouret cariatide "kihona", R. D. Congo, Luba, Taille: H: 32 cm, ID: 3044201 - 4/6

Tabouret cariatide "kihona", R. D. Congo, Luba, Taille: H: 32 cm, ID: 3044201 - 5/6

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Lot 413

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Tabouret cariatide "kihona" · R. D. Congo, Luba · ID: 3044201

Vendu 3 000 €

Provenance

Private French Collection

Description

wood, pigment, rep.

Stools with female caryatids were one of the symbols of royal power amongst the Luba. Women play an intermediary role between the other worldly forces and the world of the living as well as the power of the chief and that of ancestors and spirits.

Littérature comparée

Sotheby's, African Art from the Egon Guenther Family Collection, New York 18 November 2000, lot 124

Publications

AHDRC: 0153771

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