Tabouret cariatide "kipona" ("kihona") ·  R. D. Congo, Luba · ID: 3046624

Description

wood, missing parts, insect caused damage, crack, base

For caryatid stools by the same carver see AHDRC 0032293, 0146620 und 0160840.

The prominent facial features and the forming of the body (breasts, shoulders/ arms in right angles, navel), as well as the scarifications show greatest similarities.

One of these “kipona” (AHDRC 0032293) comes from the collection of Friedrich Wield, a German sculptor whose collecting activity is documented for the 1930s.