Stool, Lobi; Burkina Faso
Wood; H. 24"
An elderly man reclines on a stool
while smoking his pipe. Such stools become associated
with the spirit of their owners and after the owner's
death are placed in a shrine as a means of communication
between generations. Women's stools among the Lobi
present four rather than three legs. This stool
was carved by the Lobi master Sikire Kanbire
of Gaoua. Another stool, virtually identical and
attributed to Sikire, can be found in Kunst
und Religion der Lobi, figure 190.
