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.
The object Stool with the object ID 3028246 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 171.
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Comparing literature
Bocola, Sandro (Hg.), Afrikanische Sitze, München, New York 1994, p. 59