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).

Littérature comparée

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