SOLD / SOLD! MC0838 Zoomorphic Caryatid Seat Tshokwe Stool Angola Zoomorphic Chokwe Stool
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ANGOLA
Tshokwe - Monkey seat
Rare and adorable little zoomorphic caryatid stool
The seat and the edges are completely covered with upholstery nails. There are also some on the animal's head, flanks and buttocks.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Stool
Caryatid Seat
ETHNIC GROUP: Tshokwe – Chokwe - Tschokwe.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Angola
MATERIAL: Wood and upholstery nails
copper or brass (the oxidation is greenish)
DIMENSIONS: Height: 21 cm
Diameter: 17cm
CONDITION: Bad
(see photos)
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Bibliography - Bibliography
- 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Mar Leo Felix, Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987, Page 181
- Chokwe, Boris Wastiau, Five Continents, 2006
- Art and Power in the Central African savannah, Constantin Petridis, Mercator Fund, Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008 (pages 91 -112)
- Atlanteans and Caryatids. Thrones of Black Africa, Galerie Ratton - Hourdé, 2004
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ANGOLA
Chokwe
Rare and adorable little zoomorphic caryatid stool
monkey
The seat and the slices are completely covered with upholstery nails. There is also on the head, flanks and buttocks of the animal.
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Cariatid Stool
zoomorphic chair
ETHNICAL GROUP: Chokwe – Tshokwe - Tschokwe.
ORIGIN: Angola.
MATERIAL: Wood and upholstery nails
in copper or brass (the oxidation is greenish)
in copper or brass (the oxidation is greenish)
DIMENSIONS: About 8 1/4 Inches high.
Diameter: 6 3/4
CONDITION: Bad
Please have a look on the pictures.