esona dwa

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Stool

Stool with an elephant in lieu of supporting legs. Clan stools (dwa) of this kind can have many different forms and functions: from a simple household object to the spiritual centre of an entire ethnic group or nation. The latter are kept in dedicated royal rooms.The elephant stool may only be used by the asantehene (king).

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Aschanti
Object type
Schemel
Dimensions
Width: 250.0 mm
Height: 380.0 mm
Length: 510.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood, Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/3153
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1920 - 1996
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    13.01.1997
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Africa (location/origin)
    Ghana (location/origin)
    who
    Krieg, Karl H. - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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