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Female Caryatid Stool (kipona/kihona)19th - early 20th century

On view:
Geffen Galleries, The Power of Objects in West and Central Africa
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Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Female Caryatid Stool (kipona/kihona)
Culture
Luba peoples
Place Made
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date Made
19th - early 20th century
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
16 1/8 × 8 1/2 × 8 in. (40.96 × 21.59 × 20.32 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert H. Nooter
Accession Number
M.2022.123.1
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
African Art
Provenance
Marc Felix, Brussels, Belgium (inventory number FX93324). David and Clifford Gelbard Collection, 2003. (sale, New York, Bonham’s, 13 November 2007, lot 2599, sold to); Robert Harry Nooter (1926-2022) and Nancy Ingram Nooter (1927-2020) gifted 2022 to; LACMA.