| KWERE, Oracle stool - Tanzania 25" tall x 8" wide wood, pigment Small stools such as this were used by an oracle to communicate with the ancestors. The mwana hiti figure atop the stool represents an ancestor. A nice example with carefully carved details. |
| Rand African Art home page Tanzanian objects page African maternity figures main page |
| Map from: http://www.ethno.unizh.ch/csfconference/files/papers/ |
