Hehe, Kami or Zaramo small stool, Tanzania
8in wide by 6.5in tall (20.3cm by 16.5cm)
wood, pigment, metal
most likely mid 20th century
ex private US collection
A small stool with a wonderful patina. Stools like this potentially had multiple functions. They were used for sitting, but also gourds with anthropomorphic stoppers/dippers were sometimes placed on top of a small stool which served as an ancestor figure.
$250 plus shipping
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