SOLD / SOLD! Rare Stool LENGOLA Stool Seat Congo Lega MC1032
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CONGO DRC
LENGOLA - Superb Stool
Small seat with bold architecture.
Four stylized characters each reduced to a head and two limbs which join those of their neighbors to form a closed chain with very elegant interlacing.
We can see a Lengola seat with a very similar design in the work of ML Félix (page 76-77, n°3, see bibliography). Another stool in " L'Art Lega - Grandeur et Humility" page 454
Their art (and particularly this stool) has certain similarities with that of the Lega, located further east
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- 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture. The handbook for collectors, scholars and students, Marc Leo Felix, Brussels: Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987
LENGOLA
Stunning Stool
Small seat with superb architecture.
Four stylized characters each reduced to a head and two members, that join those of their neighbors to form a closed chain with very elegant interlacing.
A seat with a very similar design can be seen in the book by ML Félix (page 76-77, n° 3, see bibliography). Also another one in "L'Art Lega - Greatness and Humility" page 454
The Lengola are a Bantu forest people of Central Africa, installed in the east-central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), They are politically and culturally close to Mbole, Metoko, Kela and Yela
Their art (and particularly this stool) has similarities with that of the Lega, located further east