Chaise trône Bamileke stool
Siège-trône Cameroun, province du Nord-Ouest (aire Bamenda Royaumes de Bali-Nyonga ou Babanki-Tungo ?), 19e ou début du 20e siècle.
Tabouret Bamileke en bois patiné par l'usage et le temps avec figures sculptées et ajourées.
D30/31xH28cm.
Collection particulière M.H.D 1890-1950.

Dignitary stool, Bamileke, Cameroon. Heavy wood with inlaid old patina, presumed period: 19th century or early twentieth. This stool is a prestigious object that was reserved for dignitaries. Most Bamileke art (and the work of other kingdoms of the Cameroon Grasslands) relates to kings, important chiefs, notables of the Fons (kings) of the Bamileke court,  who defined their power by the display of prestige objects during important ceremonies. Stools were among the most important of these objects.
The motifs include leopards, human figures and heads, spiders, lizards and other subjects plus abstract designs. Marked by the telltale Bamileke rounded disc seat and base, this stool features a group of pondering human figures as its vertical supports instead of the more common abstract carvings. Created from a single tree trunk, the stool serves dual purposes as both a seat and a wonderfully sculptural decorative object.
The smoothed top is characterized by years of use. Under light, the openings in the carvings reveal exciting shadows and negative.
Style: Tribal Art
Condition: Good condition
Material: Solid wood
Height: 28cm
diameter : 30/31cm
Provenance: Private collection, MHD 1890-1950.

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