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This is the rating and price for Chiefs Stool Kiti Ya Sultani, 2009

Recorded provenance
Chiefs Stool Kiti Ya Sultani

Description : wood, For a chief stool by the same workshop see Schädler, 2009, p. 641 (AHDRC 0032363). Art of the Zula was strongly influenced by the Luba empire, but only a few objects have survived due to their conversion to Islam led by Sultani Omari around 1875. The only objects that seem to have survived are the kiti ya sultani, or chiefs stools. As thrones, they symbolized the chiefs power and continuity. YALE: 0074494 AHDRC: 0032371 Continent: Africa

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About the lot N° 480
Title : Chiefs Stool Kiti Ya Sultani, Period : 2009
Size : H: 43 cm, D: 30 cm, H: 16,9 inch, D: 11,8 inch
Provenance : Joris Visser, Brussels, Belgium Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 14 April 2007, lot 32 Damien Reeners, Brussels, Belgium Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Literature : Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 641 Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brussels 1987, p. 211
Condition report : See description
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