Lobi Double Headed Stool / Headrest

Two heads up front, one foot in the back. It carries its owner, and vice versa.

This double headed stool or headrest is Lobi, from Burkina Faso, mid 20th century, in cast bronze. Lobi men traditionally kept small personal stools, often carried on the shoulder and used for rest, and owning one was a highly personal matter. In this version, a slim, finely textured seat rests on two short front legs and one long curved one ending in a foot. At the other end, the seat narrows to a neck that splits into two small heads. Fifteen and a quarter inches wide and six and a half high.

Somewhere, a chair is feeling quite conventional.