African Stool
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- Title African Stool
- Category Sculpture
- Medium Wood
- Dimensions 13.75"h x 17.5"w x 6.25"d
- Framed Dimensions 14"h
- Notes This stool comes from the Awka region, a known agricultural trade center for the Igbo people, and where the best carvers of Eastern Nigeria are regarded to live. The stool is likely made from iroko wood, also called Oji. The stool is primarily reserved for males; men of higher status have a more decorated stool. Whenever the village council met and the chief sat on the stool, everyone was silent to hear his wisdom*. The geometric designs of the stool are typical decoration for stools and similar designs are also commonly seen on Igbo doors called mgbo ezi. For more information on stools, or thrones, see Harneit-Sievers. *Axel Harneit-Sievers, “Igbo ‘Traditional Rulers’: Chieftaincy and the State in Southeastern Nigeria.” (Africa Spectrum, vol.33, no. 1, 1998), 57-79.
- Artist Igbo People Nigerian
- Credit Clyde and Annie Matters Collection
- Location Library Art Storage G1
- Accession Number 1994.0025
- Status Checked Out
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