Stool · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3028246
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Provenance
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, BelgiumSize
H: 31,5 cm
L: 51 cm
H: 12.4 inch
L: 20.1 inch
Description
wood, shiny brown patina, three-legged, the seat carved with geometrical incisions, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
every initiated Lobi man owned such a stool; when they went on a journey they carried the stool with them across the shoulder. In cases of emergency they could also be used as weapon.
Comparing literature
Bocola, Sandro (Hg.), Afrikanische Sitze, München, New York 1994, p. 59