Lobi Stool by Sikire Kambiré (1896-1963), Burkina Faso

Merton D. Simpson, New York, acquired in Paris in the 1970s

Very good condition for an object of this type and age. General marks nicks scratches and abrasions consistent with age. Some knots in the wood including to back of the neck and below between the double legs. The underside of the proper left of the two back legs with a loss from a knot in the wood. An old shallow loss to inside of foot on single leg. Fine medium brown color with dark brown pigment. Surface varnished.
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The particular style of this fine stool, featuring an antelope head with drilled pupils, nostrils, and ears and coloration in dark pigment, mirrors the trademarks of the famous Lobi carver Sikire Kambiré who lived in Gaoua from 1896 to 1963.  For a closely related stool see Meyer (1981: 141, cat. 190).  For another stool with human head previously in the Helena Rubinstein collects ion see Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 21, 1966, lot 93.