ZOROMO STOOL 2, Tanzania

 

Photographs © Tim Hamill

ZOROMO, STOOL NO. 2, 54", $1000, Tanzania

These stools with high backs are especially carved for chiefs and are often referred to as chief's chairs, or thrones. They were used during judicial and initiation ceremonies and share their form with the neighboring Nyamwezi, Hehe and other E. African peoples.

 

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