Stool, handicraft of the Ngombe people, tropical wood (around 1950, beautiful patina), decorated with approx. 1,000 upholstery nails, size 29 x 26 cm. These seats testified to the status of the owners. It is also interesting to compare the dotted decorative scars (scarification, a deeply rooted tradition of different peoples) on the skin of this ethnic group, but also among the Luba (also largely from the Congo), where dot patterns sometimes occur all over the body. [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: folk arts   |   Material: Holz   |   Country of origin: Mongala, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Similar pieces