Nupe Table/Stool- 40.5 Rustic Pots Spathiphyllum Cupido

Spathiphyllum Cupido

hand-made with steel front cutters held by steel straps and mounted on a supporting metal base plate

Opening diameter: ~ 12cm

hanging gracefully as a piece of wall art

Aprox height: 40cm to 50cm

Nupe Table/Stool- 40.5 Rustic Pots Spathiphyllum CupidoA hand carved Nupe stool from Nigeria, worked from a single piece of wood with intricate incised patterns. The Nupe live along the banks of the Niger River, and stools like this are traditionally used as prestige objects on market days and at important gatherings. Each is carved from a single, seamless block of indigenous hardwood the geometric legs and incised surface patterns reflect a design language unique to the Nupe. Weathered by time and