ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>African tribal art lobi stool, Tribal art antiques website of fine antique tribal art and artifacts, works of art </title> <meta name="Description" content=" African tribal, burkino faso, art primitiv, baule, yoruba, ibeji, congo, kuba, teke, äSir, Tribal art antiques website of fine antique tribal art and artifacts and works of art from the Americas, Africa, Oceania, Australia, Asia, pre columbian art, African tribal art, Asian antiques,ocenaic art"> <meta name="KeyWords" content=" african tribal, baule, yoruba, ibeji, congo, kuba, teke, zulu, Pre Columbian, moche, inca, chavin, nazca, chorrera, colima, nayarit,oceanic tribal,Aboriginal, hawaii, fiji, soloman islands, antique clubs, gata, ulas, rootstock, maori, tiki, taiaha, tribal art, indonesian tribal, dayak, latin american art antiques,"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="coolstyle.css" type="text/css"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="javascripts.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="pop-closeup.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="sound_frame/sound_frame.js"></script> <meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- Begin var message="You may not right mouse click this page."; if (navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer'){ function NOclickIE(e) { if (event.button == 2 || event.button == 3) { alert(message); return false; } return true; } document.onmousedown=NOclickIE; document.onmouseup=NOclickIE; window.onmousedown=NOclickIE; window.onmouseup=NOclickIE; } else { function NOclickNN(e){ if (document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){ if (e.which==2||e.which==3){ alert(message); return false; }}} if (document.layers){ document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN); document.onmousedown=NOclickNN; } document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false") } // End --> </script> </head> <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFFFFF"> <!-- OUTER TABLE --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" height="100%"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" height="160"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="menu.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="header.js"></script> <!-- MENU GALLERY AREA --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="menu_gallery.js"></script> </td></tr></table> <!-- OUTER TABLE --> </td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="pageheight"> <br><br> <!-- MAIN TABLE --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" border="0" width="100%"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="63"> <!-- SIDE LINKS --> <!-- IMAGE TABLE --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"> <!-- WATERMARK --> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="watermark.js"></script> <br><br><br> </td><td>&nbsp;<br></td><td valign="middle" align="center"> </span><br><span class="picturecomments"> A fine late 19th Century Lobi stool . This piece would have been used by a herdsman and given the antelope head carved as a handle would indicate his prowess as a hunter . The Stool would also have been used as a headrest for sleeping . The patina on the carrying handle and the seated part are very different indicating years of use . When the owner died the stool would have been rirually blessed and placed in the family shrine . As in many African animist cultures a man`s stool or headrest is the symbol of his soul . Provenance: UK Collection, size: Length 57cm, Width 12 cm. <br> Price £350 GBP EMAIL: info@tribalartantiques.com </span> <br><br><br> <br> <br> <a href="javascript:')"><img src="gallery/Fgallery1-5.jpg" border="0" onMouseOver="alert_msg(' View Close Up ')" onMouseOut="away()" class="galleryborder"></a><br> <span class="picturetitle"> <br> <a href="javascript:')"><img src="gallery/Fgallery1-5a.jpg" border="0" onMouseOver="alert_msg(' View Close Up ')" onMouseOut="away()" class="galleryborder"></a><br> <span class="picturetitle"> <br> <a href="javascript:')"><img src="gallery/Fgallery1-5b.jpg" border="0" onMouseOver="alert_msg(' View Close Up ')" onMouseOut="away()" class="galleryborder"></a><br> <span class="picturetitle"> <br> <br><br><br> <!-- CODE THAT DISPLAYS THE GALLERY IMAGE --> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- // START SCRIPT if (location.search.length > 0) { document.write('<img src="Fgallery1-1.jpg'); document.write(location.search.substring(1)); document.write('.jpg" class="viewer-border" name="show"><br>'); } //--> </script> <!-- TEXT TABLE --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" border="0" width="500"> <tr><td align="center" valign="top"> <!-- START IMAGE TEXT DISPLAY --> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- // START SCRIPT var ImageText = "yes" // IMAGE TEXT yes OR no if (ImageText == "yes") { if (location.search.length > 0) { document.write('<IFRAME name="ImageFrame" src="gallery_pages/'); document.write(location.search.substring(1)); document.write('.htm" width="500" height="80" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" class="ImageFrame"></IFRAME><br>'); } } //--> </script> <!-- END IMAGE TEXT DISPLAY --> </div> </td></tr></table> <!-- IMAGE TABLE --> </td></tr></table> <!-- TEXT TABLE --> <br><br> </td><td align="center" valign="top" width="60"> <img src="picts/spacer.gif" height="20" width="60" alt="image"><br> </td></tr></table> <!-- END MAIN TABLE --> <br><br><br><br> <!-- OUTER TABLE --> </td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="bottom"> <br><br><br><br> <!-- START COPYRIGHT --> <table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" class="footertext"><tr><td align="left" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="copyright.js"></script> </td><td align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr></table> <!-- END COPYRIGHT --> </td></tr></table> <!-- OUTER TABLE --> </body> </html>