A Luba caryatid stool

A Luba caryatid stool

Democratic Republic of the Congo

the standing female figure supporting the circular seat, having a plain arched back coiffure, narrow elliptical eyes and an open mouth, with raised scarifications to the abdomen and the base of the back, raised on a circular domed base, the base inscribed 26706 Urua - Manjema Gausser and the left leg 26706,

37.5cm high.

Provenance

Captain Gausser

probably Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, inventory number 26706.

Roger Todd Collection, London, UK.

cf Zemanek-Munster, Germany, 24th April 2021 lot 313 for a Luba ancestor figure that was gifted to the Linden Museum from Captain Gausser and also collected from the Urua - Manjema border, with inventory number 26711.