Lot 147: A Lobi figural stool; by Sikire Kanbire of Gaoua

Lobi, Burkina Faso; L. 24"

Of classical form for the carver, lovely patination from use and remains of burnished surface detail; the small antelope head delicately rendered

Comments:
Stools become associated with the spirit of their owner and after the owner's death are placed in a shrine as a means of communication between generations. This stool was carved by the Lobi master Sikire Kanbire of Gaoua. Another stool, virtually identical and attributed to Sikire can be found in Kunst und Religion der Lobi, figure 190.

Provenance:
- Zollman Collection, IND
- Gelbard collection, NY

Publication History:
Remnants of Ritual: Selections from the Gelbard collection of African Art (2003) Bourgeois & Rodolitz; Pg. 4, Fig. 10

Exhibition History:
Exhibition History: USA: "Remnants of Ritual, Selections from the Gelbard Collection of African Art":
- University Park, IL: Governors State University, February 2003
- Krannert, IL: Krannert Art Museum, 26 August-26 October, 2003
- Kansas City, MO: Belger Art Foundation/UNIVERSITY of Missouri-
Kansas City, 2004
- Park Forest, IL: Tall Grass Art Association, 2005

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