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Siège cérémoniel royal , Akan, Ghana
Description
- Akan
- Siège cérémoniel royal
- haut. 68 cm, larg. 67 cm
- 27 in, 26 1/2 in
Provenance
Collection Robert and Helen Kuhn, Los Angeles
The Kuhn Collection of African Art, Sotheby's, New York, , 20 novembre 1991, lot 31
Collection privée américaine
Literature
Exposé et reproduit dans :
Cole et Ross, The Arts of Ghana, 1977 : 139, n° 296, catalogue de l'exposition, University of California, Frederick S. Wight Gallery, Minnesota Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Sieber, African Furniture and Household Objects, 1980 : 148, catalogue de l'exposition, Indianapolis Museum of Art ; Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins, Kansas city; The M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco ; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis; The Brooklyn Museum of Art
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Le volume remarquable, la composition à deux niveaux, l'iconographie et la mention gravée sur le plateau intermédiaire ("nyame mmoawo wow'ahenni" : "que Dieu t'aide à régner"), expriment l'importance du chef auquel a appartenu ce siège cérémoniel.
En pays Ashanti, ces sièges sont couramment appelés "tabourets proverbes", en référence aux saynètes composant le piètement, illustrant des adages tirés de proverbes Ashanti. Toutes ici sont liées au pouvoir cheffal. cf. Cole et Ross (1977 : 137), pour l'analyse détaillée de l'iconographie de ce somptueux et rare siège.