A three legged stool, carved from a single piece of hardwood, circa 1940.
This piece is believed to be from the Hehe peoples, a fearlessly warring tribe, of the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, located in Eastern Africa.
Where most stools would have been specially hand carved for a specific individual and used as a status symbol and stool, many Bantu stools can be recorded as having been used for milking cows or goats.
The rim of the stool is etched with a repeating simplistic, linear design and each leg contains a notch at the base of each shoulder so as to delineate the curvature of the bottom of the stool.
*Our pieces at Studio Zagara may show signs of age and wear, which is just how we like them. They carry with them years of history, so any imperfections should not be viewed as damaged or flawed, but rather the combined stories of people’s lives and experiences.
