Stool · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3033577
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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.
Littérature comparée
Massa, Jean-Claude Lauret, Sculptures des trois Volta, Sépia 2001, p. 136, ill. 100