A Finely Carved Luba Caryatid Stool
A Finely Carved Luba Caryatid Stool
Old ink inscription to the underside of base and leg reading: ‘26706 Urua - Manjema Gausser’ and ‘26706’
Wood
Democratic Republic of Congo / Luba
19th / Early 20th Century
SIZE: 37cm high, 17cm wide, 17.5cm deep - 14½ ins high, 6¾ ins wide, 7 ins deep
Old ink inscription to the underside of base and leg reading: ‘26706 Urua - Manjema Gausser’ and ‘26706’
Wood
Democratic Republic of Congo / Luba
19th / Early 20th Century
SIZE: 37cm high, 17cm wide, 17.5cm deep - 14½ ins high, 6¾ ins wide, 7 ins deep
A Finely Carved Luba Caryatid Stool
Old ink inscription to the underside of base and leg reading: ‘26706 Urua - Manjema Gausser’ and ‘26706’
Wood
Democratic Republic of Congo / Luba
19th / Early 20th Century
SIZE: 37cm high, 17cm wide, 17.5cm deep - 14½ ins high, 6¾ ins wide, 7 ins deep
Old ink inscription to the underside of base and leg reading: ‘26706 Urua - Manjema Gausser’ and ‘26706’
Wood
Democratic Republic of Congo / Luba
19th / Early 20th Century
SIZE: 37cm high, 17cm wide, 17.5cm deep - 14½ ins high, 6¾ ins wide, 7 ins deep
The finely detailed standing female figure supporting a circular seat, raised scarifications to the abdomen and the back, narrow elliptical eyes and open mouth.
Captain Gausser
Probably Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, inventory number: 26706
Ex Private English collection
Probably Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, inventory number: 26706
Ex Private English collection
A Finely Carved Luba Caryatid Stool
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