A chief's stool, a caryatid seat, the female subject scarifi - Lot 144

A chief's stool, a caryatid seat, the female subject scarified on the body and face, her sex largely sculpted, she wears bracelets and her intense gaze is inscribed in large arches that also define and mark her protruding cheekbones, one will note her powerful feet sculpted in large flat volumes also recalling the proximity with the Songye culture. For caryatid seats of the same type see : Sièges Africains, exhibition catalog, Réunion des Musées Nationaux and MNAAO, Éd. RMN, 1994, p. 187. Hemba / Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo Wood, nails, cracks and erosions of age, beautiful and old brown patina of use. H. 51,3 cm Provenance : Collection Nadine Vinot-Postry, Paris.