Stools

Every Akan person has a personal stool carved for them. Nobody else may sit on that stool, for it contains the personal power of the owner. The deceased person is washed on their stool before burial, and it is then placed on its side in a shrine where family members can leave offerings to the deceased.

ODYSSEY HOME NEAR EAST Egypt GREECE ROME

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Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester and Dallas Museum of Art
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