DOGON STOOLS, MALI

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Dogon Stool 1 10" $350

Dogon Stool 6 11" $250

Dogon Stool 9 9" $800

Dogon Stool 12 10" $250

The Dogon stools below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.

Dogon Stool 3 SOLD	Dogon Stool 4 SOLD	Dogon Stool 5 SOLD	Dogon Stool 7 SOLD	Dogon Stool 8 SOLD
Dogon Stool 10 SOLD	Dogon Stool 11 SOLD	Dogon Stool 13 SOLD	Dogon Stool 14, SOLD

Photographs © Tim Hamill

DOGON, STOOLS, Mali

Small wooden stools serve the Dogon people for everyday use. There are two distinct types. The simple, abstract ones that we have are very old and wonderfully eroded by time, use and exposure. The more complex ones, supported by figures representing ancestors or nommo were originally symbols of authority for the priests or hogons and not used as stools. Those with a post in the middle are linked with Dogon mythology. The seat represents heaven, the base represents the earth, and the post represents a tree, linking the two. No. 14 is a ritual seat, used during initiation ceremonies.

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