Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 128
An Amazon zoomorphic priest's stool
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £5500
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Description
An Amazon zoomorphic priest's stool
Ye'Kuana, Venezuela
carved as a jaguar, the dished oval top with remains of a resin,
37cm high, 90.5cm long.
Provenance
Field collected in the 1970s by French ethnologists Carol Anson and Jean Cadhilac.
Drouet, Paris.
Alex R. Arthur Collection, Belgium.
Susana Montiel, London, 11 October 2011.
Romy Rey Collection, London.