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Stool – Wood – Asante – Ghana

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Description

The Asante stool is the most important and symbolical complex of all Asante art forms: the stools have multiple forms, functions and meanings. They range, in significance, from everyday furniture to a spiritual centre of this ethnic group. In Asante, as in most Akan communities, an intimacy is believed to exist between the chief and his stool.

Good condition, with traces of wear and tear. Large and heavy piece, total weight 7000 gram.

Provenance: Manfred Schäfer collection, ex- gallery owner from Ulm, Germany.

Object: Stool
Ethnic group: Asante
Country: Ghana
Material: Wood
Estimated period: Mid 20th century
Sold with stand: No
Dimensions: 36x51x29 cm
Weight: 7000 gram
Condition: Good condition, used with some signs of wear
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