Details:
- Dimensions: 55 cm (length) x 32 cm (height)
- Material: Single-block carved wood, natural aged patina
- Style: Lobi tradition, Burkina Faso / Côte d'Ivoire
- Function: Traditional stool/seat, domestic use with household and social significance
- Condition: Age-consistent cracking and checking to the seat surface (stable, structural to the wood's natural drying), rich handled patina throughout
About the Lobi people and this stool type:
The Lobi are known for their strong tradition of figurative and functional wood carving, closely tied to household and spiritual life. Stools like this one were everyday objects — used for sitting, but also carrying social meaning as a mark of a household's standing, and sometimes linked to ancestral or protective associations within Lobi belief. Their sculptural, almost abstract forms, carved from a single tree trunk section, have made them highly regarded by collectors of African vernacular furniture and tribal design alike.