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DOE THRONE

Auktion 1103 - Übersicht Brussels
31.01.2018, 14:00 - Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas
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DOE THRONE
Tanzania

111 cm. high

This rare high-backed stool is from the Doe people who live near the coast of Tanzania to the north of Dar es Salaam and who neighbour the Kwere and Zaramo. It shows stylistic similarities with the Mijikenda who live some distance to the north on the coast of Kenya. The back of the throne with its panels of bold chip-carved design surmounted by a stylised head is reminiscent of Mijikenda memorial posts.

A related stool, formerly in the Bareiss collection and attributed to the Kwere, was collected by Pierre Dartevelle and David Henrion (see Roy, C., "Kilengi : African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection", Seattle, 1997, p. 97, fig.44).

Provenienz

Pieter Loebarth
Fred Jahn, Munich
Galerie 20.21, Essen

Literaturhinweise

Felix, M., "Mwana Hiti: Life and Art of the Matrilineal Bantu of Tanzania", Munich, 1990, pp.374-375, figs.183a and 183b
Meurant, G., "La Sculpture Tanzanienne Traditionelle Révélée par le Marché de l'Art Primitif", in "Créer en Afrique", Paris, 1993, p.38, fig 14 (line drawing)
Jahn, J., "Tanzania. Meisterwerke Afrikanischer Skulptur", Munich, 1994, pp.346-347.
Ewel, M. and Outwater, A. (Eds.), "From Ritual to Modern Art: Tradition and Modernity in Tanzania Sculpture", Dar es Salaam, 2001, p.68, fig.11