Old Carved Chair, Ethiopia, E. Africa vintage navajo jewelry ex Private collection

ex Private collection

Size: 3/4” t x 1” w

created with extremely saturated natural ingo dyes forms a stark contrast to the geometric shaped Boteh design in a multitude of colours

Age: Circa First half of the 20th C

Old Carved Chair, Ethiopia, E. Africa vintage navajo jewelry ex Private collectionCarved from a single tree this Jimma or Gurage Peoples Chair, Omo River vicinity, Ethiopia, East Africa has a deep, rich patina and a very smooth feeling to the wood. The flat back is comfortable and unusual as many pieces have a cut out relief in the pattern of a grid or stylized crosses. An interesting thing about African stools is experiencing the body seeking the center of gravity when one sits on them. The spine naturally elongates as our bodies