• Akan: Asante (Ashanti)

• Wood (one piece)

• Early 20th century

• Dimensions: 9.5 x 16.5 x 7.5 in. / 24 x 42 x 19 cm

Each stool is considered so imbued with the owner’s spirit that it could only be used by the owner. It would be tipped over when not in use.

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• Dagara, Burkina Faso

• Wood, patina

• Early 20th century

• 32 x 8.5 x 5.5 in. / 81 x 21.5 x 14 cm

• Significant signs of age and use

Every Dagara man who had undergone initiation was said to have possessed one of these stools. When approached by elders, he would beat on the ground with his stool as a sign of respect. These stools were carried over the left shoulder when traveling. The Daàká symbolized female ancestors on family shrines (Dewey, "Sleeping Beauties", Los Angeles, 1993: 91; Meyer 1981, p.121; Sieber 1980, p.87; Somé, "A propos de "fétiches lobi", Arts d'Afrique noire, 95, 1993:30).

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• Lobi / Gurunsi, Burkina Faso

• Wood, patina

• Early 20th century

• 6.75 x 18.25 x 4.5 in / 17 x 46 x 11 cm

• Significant signs of age and use

A rare version of an unusual stool. Most examples have the handle of a stylized animal head held vertically with the face pointing down. This is the only example we located with the handle “head” in a horizontal position.

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