Stool
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Unidentified artist or workshop, Asante style
Medium
Wood
Geography
Ghana
Date
1957
Dimensions
40 × 57 × 25 cm
Object number
2009.126.21
Credit Line
Donated by Esther Amrad Dagan in memory of her daughter Halit, and in homage to unknown African artists
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Global Africa
Description
The base of this stool reproduces the nation's coat of arms surmounted by the word GHANA. Stools such as this were produced to celebrate Ghanaians' independence. Under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana was the first sub-Saharan African nation to free itself from colonial rule and embark on an independent democratic path.
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