Senufo Wood Stool

Red, black and yellow, crossed with a big painted X, as if the seat had been signed.

This stool is Senufo, from Ivory Coast, Mali or Burkina Faso, West Africa, in carved and painted wood. Senufo carvers are well known for stools cut from a single block of wood,. The square seat has softly rounded corners and a raised rim painted red. Its top is divided by incised diagonal bands into fields of black, red and yellow, meeting at a central diamond. Four thick legs taper toward the ground, faceted by the adze. It is 14 inches long, 13 deep and 13 high.

Short, sturdy and decorated with real conviction.