Lot No. 55


A Chokwe Prestige Stool With Male Karyatid Figure


A Chokwe Prestige Stool With Male Karyatid Figure - Tribal Art

Angola, wood, 24 cm high. The Chokwe people believe that death is not the end, but a transition to the spirit world. The figure in this Chokwe stool is an ancestor holding his head in worry, concerned that his descendants will not honour him properly.

Provenance:
Important Belgian collection.

Cf.:
for a chair of the same workshop, see one from the collection of Lucien vd Velde. AHDRC Object ao-0002244.

Specialist: Joris Visser Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34

Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com

13.10.2022 - 16:22

Estimate:
EUR 3,000.- to EUR 4,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,500.-

A Chokwe Prestige Stool With Male Karyatid Figure


Angola, wood, 24 cm high. The Chokwe people believe that death is not the end, but a transition to the spirit world. The figure in this Chokwe stool is an ancestor holding his head in worry, concerned that his descendants will not honour him properly.

Provenance:
Important Belgian collection.

Cf.:
for a chair of the same workshop, see one from the collection of Lucien vd Velde. AHDRC Object ao-0002244.

Specialist: Joris Visser Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34

Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com


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Auction: Tribal Art
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 13.10.2022 - 16:22
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 06.10. - 13.10. 2022

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