Lot: 377

81st Tribal Art Auction

Stool

Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Anton Handl, Munich, Germany H: 15 inch;
D: 12 inch
sold

light brown wood, middle brown patina, blackened in parts, open worked base, strut in form of a standing leopard, round seat on top, geometrical decor around the rim of the base and seat, rep. (breakage seat), small missing parts through insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion


Northern, Tamara, The Art of Cameroon, Washington D.C. 1984, p. 104, ill. 25