Three-Legged Stool "Daàká," Dagara, Burkina Faso #WTR

Three-Legged Stool "Daàká," Dagara, Burkina Faso #WTR

$750.00
  • Dagara, Burkina Faso

  • Wood, patina

  • Early 20th century

  • 32 x 8.5 x 5.5 in. / 81 x 21.5 x 14 cm

  • Significant signs of age and use

Every Dagara man who had undergone initiation was said to have possessed one of these stools. When approached by elders, he would beat on the ground with his stool as a sign of respect. These stools were carried over the left shoulder when traveling. The Daàká symbolized female ancestors on family shrines (Dewey, "Sleeping Beauties", Los Angeles, 1993: 91; Meyer 1981, p.121; Sieber 1980, p.87; Somé, "A propos de "fétiches lobi", Arts d'Afrique noire, 95, 1993:30).

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