ASANTE (ASHANTI) ABSTRACT STOOLS ARCHIVES

ASANTE STOOL 22 SOLD	ASANTE STOOL 23 SOLD	ASANTE STOOL 25 SOLD
ASANTE STOOL 26 SOLD	ASANTE STOOL 27 SOLD	ASANTE STOOL 29 SOLD
ASANTE STOOL 31 SOLD	ASANTE STOOL 32 SOLD	ASANTE STOOL 34 SOLD
ASANTE STOOL 35 SOLD	ASANTE STOOL 36 SOLD	ASANTE STOOL 38 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 45 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 46 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 48 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 49 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 50 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 51 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 44 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 53 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 54 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 56 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 57 SOLD

ASANTE STOOL 28 SOLD

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

Stools indicate status, power and succession of chiefs and kings. Carved from single blocks, Asante (or Ashanti) stools traditionally have crescent-shaped seats, flat bases and complex support structures, which exist in many designs with symbolic meaning. Most had specific names and designated users. Asante stools are spiritual as well as practical. They were understood to be the seat of the owner's soul and when not in use were leaned against a wall so that other souls passing by would not settle on it.

Many of the stools pictured here were probably made for the art market.