Lobi Animal Stool

The stools created by the Lobi people of Ghana and Burkina Faso are wonderfully simple in form. Each is traditionally carved from a single block of wood with minimal decorative elements. This low stool is carved in the form of a herd animal, with a rounded body and a protruding head and tail to double as stout handles. The stool's beautifully smoothed surface texture has become richly aged over years of use, and textured chisel notches add a sense of movement to this stoic sculptural object.