Stool · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3033577
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Size
L: 44 cm
H: 19,5 cm
L: 17.3 inch
H: 7.7 inch
Description
wood, shiny brown patina, three-legged seat, carved with an anthropomorphic head, dam., minor missing parts, cracks, traces of usage;
every initiated Lobi man is said to have owned such a stool. They were carried on the left shoulder when travelling. In cases of emergency they also served as weapon.
The object Stool with the object ID 3033577 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 230.
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Comparing literature
Massa, Jean-Claude Lauret, Sculptures des trois Volta, Sépia 2001, p. 136, ill. 100