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Long stool
Lobi, Burkina Faso. Early 20th century. L: 71cm H: 15cm

£650
Saddle stool
Sidamo, Ethiopia. Early 20th century. L: 44 cm
£550
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Village stool
Sidamo, Ethiopia. Early 20th century. L: 50cm
£480
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Stool / backrest
Ngombe, DRC. Early 20th century. L: 53cm H: 26cm
£360



Royal stool


Prestige stool



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Reclining chair

Gurage people, Ethiopia
Late 19th century
L: 105cm H: 84cm
£1800

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Large royal stool

Ashanti, Ghana
Early 20th century
L: 63cm H: 53cm W: 33cm
Ex Jonathan Lowen collection, UK
£950
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Prestige stool

Duala, Cameroon
Early 20th century
L: 52cm H: 32cm W: 27cm
Ex Jonathan Lowen collection, UK
£850
Large stool

Chief’s stool


Small stool / shield

Dinka, Southern Sudan
First half 20th century L:
Small elder’s stool Kamba, Kenya

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Reclining Chief’s chair

Senufo, Ivory Coast
Early 20th century
L: 180cm W: 62cm
Wood with 1960’s leopard print velvet covering Ex private collection Paris
£1800

Large title stool



Pair of prestige stools
Hehe people, Tanzania
Early 20th century
These stools were collected on a Royal visit to East Africa in 1931

Left to right (sold separately):
H: 36cm D: 40cm, H: 27cm D: 31cm £1200 & £550
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Large rare throne

Welayta, Ethiopia
Late 19th / early 20th century
H: 105cm D: 53cm
£2800

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High backed chair or throne

Wollega, Oromo, Ethiopia
Early 20th century
H: 95cm D: 40cm
Ex Jonathan Lowen collection, UK
£1600

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Large high backed chair or throne

Wolayta, Ethiopia
Early 20th century
H: 93cm D: 59cm
£2400


Long stool

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Ceremonial dance stool

Mende, Sierra Leone
Early 20th century
H: 51cm
£450
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Mbuzi
Tanzanian coastal region
Early 20th century
L: 68cm
Sitting stool for grating coconuts
£380
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Large ceremonial stool

Ashanti, Ghana
Early 20th century
L: 65cm H: 61cm W: 37cm
Ex Jonathan Lowen collection, UK
£850
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Bamileke, Cameroon
First half 20th century
H: 43cm
£850

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Prestige stool

Songye, DRC
Early 20th century
H: 48cm
Wood, brass tacks and necklace of early glass beads and animal claw
£2400
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Child’s stool

Ivory Coast
Early 20th century
L: 40cm H: 34cm
Ex Seward Kennedy collection, UK
£420
Two small elder’s stools

Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia
Early 20th century
Left
H: 16.5cm, H: 15 cm
£570 & £350
to right:34
Household chair

Gurage, Ethiopia
Early 20th century
H: 57cm W: 85cm
Wood with bound leather seat
£900



Zoomorphic village stool

Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Early 20th century
L: 70cm H: 35cm
Ex Jonathan Lowen collection, UK
Made from a tree branch
£850


Large stool

Ashanti, Ghana
Early 20th century
L: 58cm H: 44cm
Ex Jonathan Lowen collection, UK
£850




Small bronze gold weight of a Chief’s chair

Akan, Ghana. 19th century. Ex Seward Kennedy collection, UK. H: 50mm
£280
Small gold weight of a royal stool

Akan, Ghana. 19th century. Ex Seward Kennedy collection, UK. H: 25mm W: 48mm
£240
Small bronze gold weight of a stool
Akan, Ghana. 17th / 18th century. Ex Seward Kennedy collection, UK. H: 40mm
£250

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Camel saddle / seat

Tuareg people, Niger
Mid 20th century
L: 58cm H: 75cm
£570


