Fine Chokwe Stool with Maternity Figure, Angola
Wood, metal, vegetable fiber
Height 11 1/2in (29.2cm)

Provenance
Bernard De Grunne, Brussels
Private Princely Collection

The rounded seat and base of equal size and each with a metal band around the perimeter, the finely carved female stands on proportionally short, rounded legs bent at the knees supporting her rounded torso with arms akimbo, holding her child in her left arm; a proportionally large, rounded head with equally large, rounded slit eyes; wearing a coiffure of woven vegetable fiber and a metal earring in her right ear, her groin area highlighted with incised scarifications; fine dark brown shiny patina.

Old loss to bottom center of base; age distress line with separation to base on left; two age distress lines with separation and possibly later fill to top; metal bands around top and bottom rims with gaps around rims; old loss to mother's left ear; nicks, scratches, abrasions and and wear consistent with age throughout.