Tripod Stool Of Lobi Burkina Faso

$480 · Offered by Second Story Books

Burkina Faso. Rare and visually striking West African stool, hand-carved from a single section of hardwood and distinguished by its elegant, sweeping curved seat and boldly geometric supports. The sculptural form features a deeply arched seating surface terminating in a raised rear projection, balanced upon two substantial slab-form legs. Such stools served as highly personal possessions throughout much of Burkina Faso and northern Ghana, functioning not only as

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