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LOBI double-headed stool

Name: LOBI double-headed stool
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: 7T88PRMPUN
Price: 930 EUR
Availability: InStock

By Gallery GONDWANA AFRICAN ART

930 €

Period 20th century

Style Tribal Art

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LOBI man's stool, "toopar" (wood 80X20cm) decorated with two anthropomorphic heads. A man acquires this stool as a sign of adulthood during his initiation into male society and the construction of his family shrine. This tripod stool has a long, protruding front leg and two shorter rear legs, above which are carved two human heads. The shape of the stool is said to derive from a farmer's hoe planted in the ground, a description that underlines the Lobi's self-identification as farmers. Lobi men carry these stools with them wherever they go, carrying them over their left shoulder with the single long leg hanging over their chest. Sitting on one's stool helps protect the owner from contact with potentially hostile spirits if he is away from home in unfamiliar terrain. Hardwood, dry patina of use, signs of wear, desiccation cracks

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Additional Information

Condition	Very good
Ethnic group	Lobi - Lober
Style	Tribal Art (African Chairs, Stools, Tables, Thrones of Tribal Art Style)
Period	20th century (African Chairs, Stools, Tables, Thrones 20th century)
Country of origin	Burkina Faso
Length (cm)	80
Width (cm)	18
Height (cm)	20
Weight (Kg)	3
Materials	Wood