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Stools are numerous in tribal art. Some are of the caryatid type, sitting supported by a statue, others are of the purely usual type such as the beaded Bamileke stools used in the chieftaincy by the notables. Chairs, stools and thrones of all African ethnic groups are real collector's items. They are now magnificent decorative objects in an interior, whatever the style.


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Idoma Stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Idoma Stool

A solid ceremonial seat carved with faces in high relief in the image of Idoma masks.
Eroded seat, smooth and satiny surface. Minor abrasions and cracks.
The Idoma settled at the confluence of the Benue and Niger rivers. Numbering 500,000, they are made up of farmers and traders. Their neighbors including the Igbo, the Cross River and Igala ethnic groups influenced each other. The royal lineage members of their oglinye society, glorifying courage, use masks and crests during funerals and festivities. Members of the male Kwompten society used statues called goemai as part of healing rituals.


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Dogon Headquarters
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Dogon Headquarters

The usual objects of African art.
Four angular legs, some of which have a carved face, support the circular seat of this small Dogon seat made of a very dense wood. Fine hatch patterns decorate the seat, forming a slight relief. The seat has a greyish brown patina. Abrasions. The Dogon are a people renowned for their cosmogony, esotericism, myths and legends. Their population is estimated at about 300,000 souls living southwest of the Niger loop in the Mopti region of Mali (Bandiagara, Koro, Banka), near Douentza and part of northern Burkina (northwest of Ouahigouya). The villages are often perched on the top of scree on the side of hills, according to a unique architecture. The history of the migrations and settlements of the Dogon (about ten main groups, about fifteen different ...


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180.00

Luba stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Luba stool

Prestigious furniture in African tribal art. This miniature stool named lupona, or kioni, kipona, kiona, depending on the source, constitutes the meeting point of the sovereign, his people, and the protective spirits and ancestors, where past and present mingle symbolically and spiritually. The subject would form the "receptacle of a deceased sovereign chief" (Luba, Roberts). The prominent scarifications converging towards the navel, "center of the world" associated with the lineage, testify to notions of fertility. It once formed the seat on which the king was enthroned. The seats were arranged on leopard skins during the investiture of the new chief. It was only after sitting on it that his speech took on a royal and divine character. Apart from these exceptional circumstances, the ...


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240.00

Lupona stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Lupona stool

Prestige sculptures in African tribal art. An African female figure would form the "receptacle of a deceased sovereign chief" (Luba, Roberts). The prominent scarifications around the navel, "center of the world" associated with lineage, testify to notions of fertility. This type of miniature stool called lupona, or kioni, kipona, kiona, depending on the source, constitutes the meeting point of the sovereign, his people, and the protective spirits and ancestors, where past and present symbolically and spiritually mingle. It once formed the seat on which the king was enthroned. The seats were placed on leopard skins during the investiture of the new chief. It was only after sitting down that his speech took on a royal and divine character. Apart from these exceptional circumstances, the ...


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290.00

Congo stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Congo stool

In the Uele region of northwestern Congo, stools come in a variety of shapes and have a variety of functions. The many groups inhabiting this region were influenced by the Mangbetu and the Zande, and chiefs and dignitaries, as well as initiates of secret societies, had such seats. This heavy stool has a concave circular seat engraved with decorative motifs. Four square uprights, arising from a reduced circular base, support the curved top. Satin patina, minor accidents.


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280.00

Bamileke stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Bamileke stool

Ex. Canadian collection of African tribal art An old small-sized single-stool stool that can be used as a pedestal table, called rü mfo by the Bamum. The carved wood is covered, above a raffia cloth, with a lattice of beads and cowries. This two-tone example is distinguished by its animal caryatid. Beads are unstitched and missing.
Located in the border region of Nigeria, the North-West province of Cameroon, Grassland is made up of several ethnic groups: Tikar, Anyang, Widekum, Chamba, Bamoun or Bamum and Bamileke. Several centralized chiefdoms, or kingdoms, based on customary associations, secret societies, are organized around the Fon who has broad powers. Among the Bamiléké of Sudano-Bantu origin, as in other ethnic groups, art objects testified to the place of their ...


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390.00

Lobi stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Lobi stool

Ex. Belgian collection of African art whose name will be communicated upon acquisition.
Among the elements of African furniture of daily use, a low and elongated seat Lobi from Burkina Faso . This type of African stool for individual use marked the social rank of its owner, was never lent but was passed down from father to son.
"The most important element of African furniture remains without a doubt the seat, linked to the social rank of its owner. Accounts of travelers from the 17th and 18th centuries indicate that, when a chief moved, his seat followed him, carried by a servant. " African objects L. Meyer. Antique stool, glossy patina, small accidents and cracks from desiccation.


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380.00

Ashanti stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Ashanti stool

African art collection Amadeo Plaza Garcés.
Among the Asante, Ahanti, an ethnic group from Ghana (formerly the "Gold Coast"), the five-pillar seats are called asesedwa (dwa). However, the shape of this version is similar to that of the adinkra gwa chief's stool used by the Omanhene, chief of the Adinkra region.
Every head of the family had a stool, while women used a smaller version. Today, everyone uses them without distinction. Light patina, erosion and chips from use. Lit.: "Black African seats from the Barbier-Mueller Museum" ed. 5Continents


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Ashanti stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Ashanti stool

This type of Asante, Ashanti style stool was often carved by Agni or Akye people from the South-East of Ivory Coast. In the past, only the Asante king was allowed to create new types of rectangular stools. The animal motifs, carved from royal prototypes, magnified the qualities of the animals represented, sometimes evoking proverbs, thus enhancing their owner.
Light patina, missing (lower corner) and desiccation cracks.
The Ashanti are one of the ethnic groups of Ghana, part of the Akan group, living in a region covered in forests. Like other populations living in the central and southern part of Ghana, they speak a language of the Twi group. This people consider women to be the final arbiter of all decisions. Fertility and children are the most frequent themes represented ...


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290.00

Benin stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Benin stool

French collection of African tribal art Among the elements of traditional African furniture , the seats played a role intended to enhance the prestige of those who possess them. Often intended for dignitaries, kings, chiefs and nobles, these luxurious seats are decorated with figurative motifs related to the history and myths of the clan. This stool takes up the general characteristics of the royal Kataklé stools of King Béhanzin (1845-1906), King of Abomey. The ornamentation composed of varied motifs in slight relief forms animal scenes, everyday life and others borrowed from nature. Satin brown patina, slightly abraded. Native restoration using a metal clip.


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380.00

Zela stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Zela stool

Ex. French collection of African art .
Stool or small table Luba/Zela Kipona with caryatid.
A figure of a woman in a crouching position forms the "receptacle of a deceased sovereign leader" (Luba, Roberts). The hands support the central circular tray whose surface is glossy. The scarifications of the female figure, protruding, in spikes, surround the umbilicus, "center of the world" associated with lineage, and those of the lower abdomen which symbolize fertility. This stool called lupona or kioni or kipona, kiona constitutes the meeting point of the sovereign, his people, and the protective spirits and ancestors. It once formed the seat on which King Mulopwe of the Luba people was enthroned. Brilliant patina ranging from orange to black-brown. Desiccation cracks, ...


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380.00

Fang Stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Fang Stool

Stool or small table decorated with representations of Fang du Ngil masks. Patina of use, copper staples, indigenous restorations (wicker rods).
The peoples known as Fang, or "Pahouins", described as conquering warriors, invaded by successive leaps, from village to village, the entire vast region between Sanaga in Cameroon and Ogooué in Gabon, between the 18th and the beginning of the 20th century.At the bottom of their huts, in a dark and often smoky corner, the heads of lineages carefully stored their Byéri, the relic chests and the sculptures which “watched” them. The daily life of the Fang consisted of three priorities: perpetuating social identity, surviving in a hostile natural environment, dialoguing with the deceased to distance them from the living. (Louis Perrois)


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340.00

Kaguru stool
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Kaguru stool

Old circular seat, with a slightly concave center, carried by three feet. The decoration consists of opposing geometric patterns, finely engraved on the uprights.
Contours and feet eroded.
Gray brown age patina.
In the southern coastal region of Tanzania, around Dar-es-Salaam, a relatively homogeneous group produced most of the artistic productions. It includes the Swahili, Kaguru, Doé, Kwéré, Luguru, Zaramo, Kami. Among these populations, the seats are thrones intended for the heads of lineage, each of them being under the protection of a tutelary spirit. These stools were set apart in shrines named kolelo, guarded by priests.


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240.00

Kuba back support
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Kuba back support

Insignia of power among the Tetela-Hamba who carried it for their meetings of initiates nkumi , this type of backrest, which also served as a seat, was also used among the Kuba, the Lélé, the Songye and the Nkutshu. This rare little stool rests here on two asymmetrical legs, the part resting on the ground carved with a face with the characteristics of the group. On the flat oval shape are inscribed geometric decorative motifs, an outgrowth symbolizing legs extends it. Slightly satiny brown patina.
Ref. : "Design in Africa, sit, lie down, dream." ed Dapper Museum.


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180.00

Luba Cariatid Taburet
African art > Chair, palaver seat, throne, stool > Luba Cariatid Taburet

Former Belgian private collection of African art J. Putteneers.

These pieces are identified as inspired by the works of buli's Master who developed this style in the mid-19th century. A set of pieces with the same aesthetic characteristics is indeed famous in the luba statuary and is to be attributed to a sculptor or group of sculptors, opinions diverging according to the authors, under the name "Master of Buli".

The Luba are renowned for their statuary and in particular their stools consisting of one or two cariatids holding, with the help of arms and their skulls, a circular seat.
Complex scarifications are engraved on the chest and arms of the female character. The facial features are typical as well as the headdress pulled backwards.

The Luba ...


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