A Luba-Hemba Stool 'Kipona'
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RdCongo, wood, 35 cm high. This is one of a group of at least 5 Kiponas/Kihonas from the same workshop. The Luba chiefs can trace their ancestry to a dynasty of sacred kings. These 'stools' are Luba royal seats, intended to replicate an original seat of office owned by the first kings of this divine lineage, creating a source of his legitimacy. These regal stools are never used for sitting but are sacred insignia, preserved within a king's palace as a metaphorical seat of kingship. The female caryatids give expression to the Luba conception of the female body as a spiritual receptacle that supports divine kingship. The aesthetic refinement of the female body through elaborate skin ornamentation and coiffure serves as a metaphor for the civilization and refinement that Luba rulers disseminate within society.
Provenance:
Unknown French collection;
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 3 July 2007, Lot 147;
Kellim Brown, Brussels. Published and
Exhibited:
"BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XXIV", Brussels, 2014: 29.
Cf:
For two seats from the same workshop; see these two images of resp. Phillipe Ratton and the Stewart J.Warkow Collection
Specialist: Joris Visser
Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34
Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com
13.10.2022 - 16:28
- Estimate:
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EUR 18,000.- to EUR 25,000.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 12,000.-
A Luba-Hemba Stool 'Kipona'
RdCongo, wood, 35 cm high. This is one of a group of at least 5 Kiponas/Kihonas from the same workshop. The Luba chiefs can trace their ancestry to a dynasty of sacred kings. These 'stools' are Luba royal seats, intended to replicate an original seat of office owned by the first kings of this divine lineage, creating a source of his legitimacy. These regal stools are never used for sitting but are sacred insignia, preserved within a king's palace as a metaphorical seat of kingship. The female caryatids give expression to the Luba conception of the female body as a spiritual receptacle that supports divine kingship. The aesthetic refinement of the female body through elaborate skin ornamentation and coiffure serves as a metaphor for the civilization and refinement that Luba rulers disseminate within society.
Provenance:
Unknown French collection;
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 3 July 2007, Lot 147;
Kellim Brown, Brussels. Published and
Exhibited:
"BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XXIV", Brussels, 2014: 29.
Cf:
For two seats from the same workshop; see these two images of resp. Phillipe Ratton and the Stewart J.Warkow Collection
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 - 16:28 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 06.10. - 13.10. 2022 |