Ngombe Stool

Description:

Ngombe Stool, Democratic Republic of Congo, decorated with a combination of engraved designs, brass trackwork with old coins and ten cutout rectangles, traces of a native repair to the stem, with a dark encrusted patina, ht. 16, wd. 28 in.

Provenance: Mauricio and Emilia Lasansky collection, Iowa City, Iowa; by descent to the present owners; Jacques Hautelet, La Jolla, California.
Estimate $1,000-1,500


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