Stool – Wood – Chokwe – DR Congo

Unique stool from the CHOKWE people of DR Congo. High quality wooden chair, beautifully carved with typical TCHOKWE motifs.
This chair was used by the chief and is moved over by generation to generation. This chair radiates status from the head of the tribe.
Good condition with traces of tribal use.

The vast majority of CHOKWE objects are decorated with figures and geometric motifs. Since the CHOKWE tpeople were in contact with European tradesmen from the 18th century onwards, some of their figures bear a European influence.