Baga Wood Stool | Bench

Four legs would have been fussy. This one makes do with two.

Baga people of Guinea, West Africa, carved this stool or bench from a single wood in the 20th century. Low seats like this are commonly associated with household use and with sitting in company, and wood benches often travel from one generation to the next. A long, gently dipped seat rests on two thick, tapering slab legs, flared slightly at the shoulder. The surface is nearly black, glossed on the seat edge and worn pale by years of use, with a few long grain cracks.

About 15 inches high and 30 wide. Room for two friends or one stack of books.