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Style: Tribal
Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei Furniture Sculptural Stool Table 21 Tribal Zen
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Zen Sculptural stool by Zougei carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for Nishimura's works are una...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Ghanaian Ashanti 'Wisdom Knot' stool, Africa, Mid-20th Century
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
In cedar wood. An African carved wooden stool having a curved seat raised on two intertwined carved wooden supports with a thin plinth base. Ghanaian tradition explains that the cen...
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Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools

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Wood, Cedar

Wooden Tribal or Oromo Style African Three Leg Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An African, Ethiopian three leg table or Oromo stool. The solid wood piece is a compliment and unique style stool or side table. The stool, in it's origi...
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20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zogei Furniture Sculptural Stool6 glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Male star Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: zelkova. This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used f...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Early 20th Century Ashanti Tribe Hand Carved Stool, Ghana, Africa
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a hand carved wooden stool from the Ashanti Tribe in Ghana, Africa, dating to the early 20th century in very good overall condition, with great patina, minor edge l...
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools

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Wood

African 'Oromo' Stool, Early 20th Century
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Ethiopian and other African-influenced furniture had been made from the 1850s, the most famous being Adolf Loos's "Theban stool" designed around 1903 in t...
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Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Vintage Hand Carved African Bamileke Stool or Table from Cameroon
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1980s round dark wood stool or side table. Hand-carved by a tribal artist in Cameroon, this style is known as a spider stool because of its knobby w...
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Suar Wood Stool From Java, Modern Organic
By Asian Modern
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful Javanese Suar wood stool featuring an array of wood textures and shades. The subtly curved seat adds to its charm. This item features an age related patina that has devel...
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Late 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Stools

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Wood

African Luba Caryatid Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
This stool by the Luba people of Zaire is indicative of their classic style. A single tree trunk was carved into a column, then further taken in until the robust figure of a woman ap...
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Mid-20th Century Bronze Stool, Bameleke Peoples Cameroon w/Elephants & Beetles
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Bronze stool of cylindrical form with a cushion-form top on six supports of alternating posts with elephant heads between large outstretched beetles all rising from a convex circular...
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Stools

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Bronze

2 African Gurage Three-Legged carved solid wooden Stools, Ethiopia
Located in Den Haag, NL
A wonderfully pair of sculptural early 20th century Ethiopian Gurage Stools carved of one piece of wood showing a hand carved texture, with three curved legs supporting a convex bowl...
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Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura and Sculptural Stool Side Table 15-2 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Spaceship mam Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: Cedar This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used ...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Ashanti Fawohodie Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Stools indicated power, status, and lines of succession in traditional Ashanti culture. The tiered platform, curved seat, and ridged supports on this object reference the Ashanti Kin...
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20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei Furniture Sculptural Stool table 11 Tribal Zen
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Boy Sculptural stool by Zougei carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for Nishimura's works are unable ...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Sculptural Side Table Stool 23-2
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Miminashi Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei carved furniture Material: Cherry This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for N...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Old African stool, early XX, normal wear
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Old African stool, early XX, normal wear
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20th Century African Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Furniture Sculptural Wood Stool 1 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Spaceship Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: Chinese black pine This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood ...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Furniture Sculptural Wood Stool10-09 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Mamma Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for Nishim...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei Furniture Sculptural Stool table 20 Tribal Zen
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Stone beach Sculptural stool by Zougei carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for Nishimura's works are...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Tribal Stool with Brass Details, Southern Ethiopia, Early 20th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Three legged tribal stool from Southern Ethiopia. Light reddish wood the legs are partly covered with brass. Early 1900s / first half of 20th century. Provenance: P. Strand Carl ...
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Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Stools

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Brass

Three-Legged Tribal Stool Attributed to the Oromo from Ethiopia, Africa
Located in Miami, FL
A three-legged African stool or seat carved from a single piece of wood, attributable to the Oromo people in or around the city of Jimma in Ethiopia. This stool was as a utilitarian ...
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20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Outstanding 20th Century Bamileke Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
An outstanding early 20th century Bamileke stool hand-carved of one piece of wood with a wonderful geometric pattern, and with the most beautiful patina that only time can bestow. Th...
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20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Early 20th Century Ethiopian 3-Legged Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderfully sculptural early 20th century Ethiopian stool from the Gurage Peoples, carved of one piece of wood with the most wonderful texture, and with three curved legs supportin...
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Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Large African ‘Dogon’ Stool, Mali Early 20th Century
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Original hand-carved African 'Dogon' stool, Mali early 20th century. Very nice and large stool carved out of one solid piece of wood. The beautifully round bowled seat is supported b...
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Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Wabi Sabi Teak Wood Small Bench or Stool
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful patina on this antique single panel, natural aged teak wood bench or stool. Perfect for sitting on or as a shelf. Celebrating the cracks and crevices and all the other mark...
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2010s Indonesian Tribal Stools

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Teak, Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Bamileke Stool in Wood and Old Brown Patina
Located in London, GB
Bamileke stool in wood and old brown patina Chief's throne carved with a frieze of stylized spiders evoking the cohesion of the clan Wood, old brown patina, Bamileke usage mark...
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20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Modernist Dan Peoples Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic modernist early 20th century Dan Peoples stool from Ivory Coast, carved from one piece of wood with a simple hourglass form, and the most wonderful p...
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Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Early 20th Century Gurage Peoples Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking and rare early 20th century Ethiopian Gurage Peoples chair with a modernist spirit, carved of a single piece of wood with a curved back and a r...
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Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 31 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Hula Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture Material: White oak This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood ...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 26 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Pancake Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 22 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Nougat Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for N...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table 35 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Daifuku Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture Material: Quercus serrata This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 35 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Summer twilight 1 Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Mo...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 34 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Daifuku Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for Nishimura's works are ...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 33 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Robot Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture Material: Quercus serrata This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most o...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 32 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Torso Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood u...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

20th Century Bamileke Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
A bold and lively early 20th century Bamileke stool hand-carved of one piece of wood with a wonderful pattern depicting figures with outstretched arms and legs, and with the most bea...
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20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zogei Furniture Sculptural Wood Stool11 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Boy Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture Material: Shiiki This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for Nishimura's works are unabl...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Stool, Side Table or Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful hand carved African stool, side table or bowl with lovely patina. The entire piece is hand carved out of a single block of wood. Both sculptural and usable. We only select ...
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Early 1900s Antique Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 27 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Under the ground Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for Nishimura's w...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Furniture Sculptural Wood Side Table 1 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Long John Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: Paulownia This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used ...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Hand Carved African Side Table or Stool
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful African side table or stool hand carved from a single block of wood. Lovely markings through out celebrating the cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time and l...
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Early 1900s Antique Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Zougei Sculptural Side Table Stool 28 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: On the glass Sculptural stool by Zogei carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Furniture Sculptural Wood Side Table 2 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Spaceship Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used fo...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Large Tribal Brown Hand-Carved Early 20th Century Ashanti Stool
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional and unusually large early 20th century African Ashanti hand-carved wood stool from Ghana featuring scalloped and geometric forms on one side with a stylized bird on th...
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1920s Ghanaian Vintage Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zogei Furniture Sculptural Wood Stool8 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Observatory Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: cypress This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for ...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Stool, Side Table or Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful hand carved African teak stool, side table or bowl with lovely patina and added tin overlay. The entire piece is hand carved out of a single block of wood. This stool or...
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Early 20th Century African Tribal Stools

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Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Teak

Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Wooden Stool
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful museum quality African stool hand carved from a single block of wood. Lovely patina and markings through out celebrating time and loving use. This almost feels like leather...
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Early 1900s Antique Tribal Stools

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Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique African Wooden Head Rest or Stool
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful museum quality, wooden head rest or stool. Stunning patina on this rare piece of art from Sudan. Hand carved from a single block of wood by the Dinka tribe. Circa 1900 T...
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Early 1900s Antique Tribal Stools

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Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura and Sculptural Wood Stool Side Table 9-07 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Hermit Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: Zelkova This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood used for N...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura Sculptural Side Table Stool 24 Glamping Tribal Style
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: Televisore Lunga Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei carved furniture Material: White oak This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of w...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

1950s Nigerian Eight-Leg Nupe Stool
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An eight-leg “Nupe” stool hand carved from a single piece of wood painted in an abstract pattern.
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1950s Nigerian Vintage Tribal Stools

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Wood, Paint

Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zogei Furniture Sculptural Stool17 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: A seaside girl Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: Chinquapin This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. Most of wood...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Wood African Stool
Located in New York, NY
Lovely patina on this beautiful African stool hand carved from a single piece of wood. Great for placing a book or perhaps towels in a bathroom, magazines etc. This stool was sour...
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Early 20th Century African Tribal Stools

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Reclaimed Wood, Wood

Hiroyuki Nishimura and Zougei Furniture Sculptural Stool 3 Tribal Glamping
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Name: A day for going to the ocean Sculptural stool by Hiroyuki Nishimura and zone carved furniture Material: Cypress This work is carved from log with some kinds of chainsaws. M...
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2010s Japanese Tribal Stools

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Wood

Set of 1940s Hard Wood African Lobi Stools with Carved and Pyrogravure Details
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Two hand carved hardwood stools with pyrographic decoration from the Sikire Kambire School of the Gaoua region of Burkina Faso (Lobi People, ci...
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1940s Burkinabe Vintage Tribal Stools

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Hardwood

Bamileke Figurative Round Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Marked by the telltale Bamileke rounded disc seat and base, this stool features a group of pondering human figures as its vertical supports instead of the more common abstract carvin...
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Geometric Ashanti African Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
An indicator of status and family, stools play an integral role in traditional Ashanti culture. Believed to be the resting place for a person's soul, a stool is given to a child when they first learn to crawl and used in personal milestones throughout the rest of their life. Carved from a solid block of wood, each stool has a rectangular base and a distinctive curved seat supported by a central column and four corner posts. While some ceremonial stools are carved to convey particular proverbs, this stool is simply decorated with scalloped edges, geometric patterns, and a small cross. The combination of shapes and curved lines makes this Ashanti stool...
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Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools

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Wood

Tribal stools for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Tribal stools for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage stools created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, tables, folk art and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, natural fiber and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Tribal stools made in a specific country, there are Asia, Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original stools, popular names associated with this style include Zougei, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Andrianna Shamaris, and Senufo. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for stools differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $320 and tops out at $9,986 while the average work can sell for $2,108.

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