About the lot N° 454
Title : Caryatid Stool
Medium : wood, brown patina with traces of black paint, female supporting figure, elaborately adorned with scarification marks, three-parted earring of silver metal sheet, slightly dam., crack, missing part (rim of the seat), stools are associated with the complex hierarchy of seating privileges that distinguish members of the royal court. Rank and title are indicated by the progressive accession to more prestigiuous forms of seating - from simple woven mats, to animal skins and furs, to modeled clay thrones adorned with geometric and figurative representations, and finally to the sculpted wooden stools and thrones that are the prerogative only of kings and spirit mediums. The most important characteristic of the Shankadi style is the cascading hairdo, that with slight variations, marks all objects coming from this region. Condition report : slightly dam., crack, missing part (rim of the seat)Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer, Würzburg, DE
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Sale title : 70th Tribal Art auction
Sale date : 08 Sep 2012
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Sale Reference : Live Sale
