Big stool "asipim" ·  Ghana, Ashanti · ID: 3041072

Description

wood, animal skin, except for the seat completeley covered with punched brass sheet, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
the word “asipim” means " I’m steadfast". Each local king owns one resp. several “asipim”, which were used at important meetings and discussions.

Littérature comparée

Bocola, Sandro (Hg.), Afrikanische Sitze, München, New York 1994, p. 76