Stool · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3035527
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Size
L: 53,5 cm
H: 24,5 cm
L: 21.1 inch
H: 9.6 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, three-legged seat, carved with an anthropomorphic head, dam., cracks, traces of usage and abrasion;
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 served as weapon as well.