A Luba Hemba caryatid stool Democratic Republic of the Congo the standing female figure with her hands and head supporting the circular seat, her serene face and a relief band to her head with a flared coiffure having a grooved cross back, with pointed breasts and raised body scarifications, with scorched detailing, 39.5cm high. Provenance Hilaire le Clercq. Collected between 1914 and 1918 whilst he was based in Leopoldville, working for the Société Génerale. Christie's, London, Important Tribal Art, 29 June 1994, lot 142.