Stool ·  Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3038373

Description

wood, nearly completeley covered with chased and chiselled brass sheet, central column and curved struts supporting the seat, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
the symbolic message carved into the pedestal of the stool represents the owner’s prestige and authority in the community. There are stools for every status: common ones for the ordinary man or woman, the more elaborate for the king (decorated in gold) or Queen mother (decorated in silver).

The object Stool with the object ID 3038373 was part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction on March 21, 2015. The object with the lot number 233 achieved a sales price of EUR 6,000 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.

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Comparing literature

Bocola, Sandro (Hg.), Afrikanische Sitze, München, New York 1994, p. 75