Ghanaian Ashanti Incised Stool

Marked by the telltale Bamileke rounded disc seat and base, this stool features a group of pondering human figures as its vertical supports instead of the more common abstract carvin...

Stools indicated power, status, and lines of succession in traditional Ashanti culture. The tiered platform, curved seat, and ridged supports on this object reference the Ashanti Kin...

An indicator of status and family, stools play an integral role in traditional Ashanti culture. Believed to be the resting place for a person's soul, a stool is given to a child when they first learn to crawl and used in personal milestones throughout the rest of their life. Carved from a solid block of wood, each stool has a rectangular base and a distinctive curved seat supported by a central column and four corner posts. While some ceremonial stools are carved to convey particular proverbs, this stool is simply decorated with scalloped edges, geometric patterns, and a small cross. The combination of shapes and curved lines makes this Ashanti stool...

Carved in a classic Yoruba form, this figurative stool is unusual for its highly patterned painted surface. Using traditional techniques, a single tree trunk was carved into a column...

It is unusual to see an early 20th-century Chinese round stool designed to be adjustable. The artisan who created this inventive stool hand-carved the cylindrical center post for eas...

Crafted of wood reclaimed from 18th-century Chinese buildings, this contemporary four-leg square stool is the epitome of farmhouse modern. Embracing the n...

Inspires from old carved wood stool, which is commonly found in various cultures. The motives used in the stool are ornaments the ethnic artifacts of various origins are re-compo...

Libra stool, tribal stool Inspired by the African Ashanti stool, the Libra has been re-contextualized with modern materials such as steel and recycled plastic strips. Kitt.Ta.Kho...

Libra stool, tribal stool Inspired by the African Ashanti stool, the Libra has been re-contextualized with modern materials such as steel and recycled plastic strips. Kitt.Ta.Kho...

An eight-leg “Nupe” stool hand carved from a single piece of wood painted in an abstract pattern.

Three-Legged Stool "Daàká," Dagara, Burkina Faso Dagara, Burkina Faso Wood, patina Early 20th century 32 x 8.5 x 5.5 in. / 81 x 21.5 x 14 cm Significant ...

Ethiopian and other African-influenced furniture had been made from the 1850s, the most famous being Adolf Loos's "Theban stool" designed around 1903 in t...