SEATS: A Selection of 50 Seats From Across Africa

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PREVIEW 6 July 17, 11 am - 5.30 pm Drinks 5.30 pm - 9 pm EXHIBITION Continuing to 29 July Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10.30 am - 5.30 pm (other days by appointment) 1 Westbourne Grove Mews, Nottinghill, London W112RU Mobile + 44 79 39166148 • Gallery + 44 20 72216650 art@tribalgatheringlondon.com www.tribalgatheringlondon.com

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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

Large stool Lobi, Burkina Faso Early 20th century L: 71cm H: 38cm £550 5

Royal stool

Bijago, Guinea Bissau Late 19th century L: 54cm H: 36cm £750 6
Stool Omo Valley, Ethiopia Early 20th century L: 48cm H: 21cm £580 7

Prestige stool

Igbo, Nigeria 19th / early 20th century H: 29cm £420 8
Women’s stool Mangbetu, DRC Early 20th century H: 24cm D: 40cm £550 9

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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

Nupe, Nigeria Early 20th century H: 30cm D: 45cm £650 13

Chief’s stool

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Dinka, Southern Sudan Early 20th century H: 63cm This stool was given to a doctor who worked in Southern Sudan in the early 1940’s by a Dinka chief in appreciation for his services £850
Stool Ashanti, Ghana Early 20th century L: 48cm H: 56cm £750 15

Small stool / shield

Dinka, Southern Sudan

First half 20th century L:

31cm £850
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Small elder’s stool Kamba, Kenya

20th
16cm £450
Early
century H:
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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

Hehe, Iringa region, Tanzania Early 20th century H: 40cm D: 51cm £650 19
Duala, Cameroon Early 20th century L: 52cm £850 20
Prestige 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

Burkina Faso Early 20th century
98cm H: 21cm
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Lobi,
L:
£750

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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

Prestige stool

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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:
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Household chair

Gurage, Ethiopia

Early 20th century

H: 57cm W: 85cm

Wood with bound leather seat

£900

Household chair Gurage, Ethiopia Early 20th century H: 58cm Wood with bound leather seat £650 35
Prestige stool Hehe, Tanzania Early 20th century H: 34cm D: 40cm £560 36
Royal stool Mangbetu, DRC 19th century H: 33cm D: 31cm Ex Belgium collection £950 37

Zoomorphic village stool

Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Early 20th century

L: 70cm H: 35cm

Ex Jonathan Lowen collection, UK

Made from a tree branch

£850

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Omo Valley, Ethiopia Early 20th century L: 65cm H: 29cm Made from a tree branch £650 39
Zoomorphic village stool
stool Baule, Ivory Coast Early 20th century L: 41cm H: 19cm Ex Jonathan Lowen collection, UK £620 40
Small title

Large stool

Ashanti, Ghana

Early 20th century

L: 58cm H: 44cm

Ex Jonathan Lowen collection, UK

£850

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Ceremonial chair Dan, Ivory Coast Early 20th century H: 28cm £750 42
Ceremonial chair Baule, Ivory Coast Early 20th century H: 52cm £850 43
Kamba,
Early 20th century H: 8cm £850 44
Tiny elder’s stool
Kenya
Small bronze seated figure Tellem / Dogon, Mali 18th / 19th century H: 55mm Ex Seward Kennedy collection, UK £950 45

Small bronze gold weight of a Chief’s chair

Akan, Ghana. 19th century. Ex Seward Kennedy collection, UK. H: 50mm

£280

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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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Small zoomorphic stool Lobi, Burkina Faso Early 20th century L: 42cm H: 22.5cm £450 49

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Camel saddle / seat

Tuareg people, Niger

Mid 20th century

L: 58cm H: 75cm

£570

For further details or images please contact: Bryan Reeves art@tribalgatheringlondon.com Mobile + 44 79 39166148 Gallery + 44 20 72216650
1 Westbourne Grove Mews, Nottinghill, London W112RU www. tribalgatheringlondon.com

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