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The Ashanti people of Ghana believe there are no secrets between a man and his stool
The style and design of platters vary from one region to another but they are all used to serve meat on during meal times
DESCRIPTIONOur Hehe stools have been hand-carved from a single piece of hard wood by the Hehe people who live along the shores of Lake Nyasa in Tanzania
This platter is one of their most well-known utilitarian objects and the wood develops a beautiful patina from years of use
it would have been used as a method of communication between communities
Dinka Headrest 03 The Ashanti people of GhanaThis simple and elegant three legged headrest comes from the Dinka Lotuku people of South Sudan. The Dinka people are nomadic farmers and herders are have excelled in the craft of small, easy to carry objects. Headrests and stools, known as thoch, are amongst these precious objects. Whilst used primarily as a headrest they would often be used by the elders in the community as a stool as well. Each headrest is hand carved from a single block of
