Circumcision stool
Ashanti · Ghana
Reference: TAB-13
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- Height
- 15 cm
- Material
- Wood
Old ashanti stool very worn by use. On these stools I practiced the circumcision of the boys and the excision of the girls. You can see…
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Full original description
Old ashanti stool very worn by use. On these stools I practiced the circumcision of the boys and the excision of the girls. You can see the cuts the knife produced when it fell and it is covered with the blood clotted aged over time. It is an increasingly rare object to find in Africa in these conditions of antiquity and use. Patina gresacea.
Further technical information
- Width
- 35 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the century XX or older
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Ghana. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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