Lobi, Burkina Faso: a three-legged stool, which was used as a seat as well as a weapon (club).
Lobi, Burkina Faso: a three-legged stool, which was used as a seat as well as a weapon (club).
A three-legged type of stool, for the men of the Lobi. Such stools were carried over the left shoulder while walking, and served as a practical multi-purpose object:
1: one could sit on it (as with any stool).
2: in an emergency, this stool type with long ‘handle’ could be used as a club for beating mightily.
3: when one encountered older men, one knocked the stool deferentially on the ground as a sign of respect. The present three-legged stool of the Lobi, of hard wood, is a visibly old piece. With a few minimal cracks due to age at the end of the long ‘handle’.
Otherwise no damage and a good, shiny, usage patina from protracted use.
Height: 13.5 cm; length: 86 cm. First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Private Collection of Prof. Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna.
Lit.: ‘Afrikanische Sitze’ by Sandro Bocola, ill. 25.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
06.04.2017 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 250.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 200.-
Lobi, Burkina Faso: a three-legged stool, which was used as a seat as well as a weapon (club).
A three-legged type of stool, for the men of the Lobi. Such stools were carried over the left shoulder while walking, and served as a practical multi-purpose object:
1: one could sit on it (as with any stool).
2: in an emergency, this stool type with long ‘handle’ could be used as a club for beating mightily.
3: when one encountered older men, one knocked the stool deferentially on the ground as a sign of respect. The present three-legged stool of the Lobi, of hard wood, is a visibly old piece. With a few minimal cracks due to age at the end of the long ‘handle’.
Otherwise no damage and a good, shiny, usage patina from protracted use.
Height: 13.5 cm; length: 86 cm. First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Private Collection of Prof. Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna.
Lit.: ‘Afrikanische Sitze’ by Sandro Bocola, ill. 25.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 06.04.2017 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 01.04. - 06.04.2017 |
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