CATALOGUE 'CHAIRS AND BACKRESTS - From Ethiopia And Beyond'. April 2026

FINE CHOKWE TITLE STOOL, ANGOLA

£850

PAIR OF FINE FIGURATIVE STOOLS, NIGERIA

£1650 PAIR

FINELY DECORATED STOOL. DUALA, CAMEROON

£1400

19th Century High Backed Chair. Jinka, Ethiopia

£1800

FINE STOOL WITH FIGURATIVE SUPPORTS. CHOKWE, ANGOLA

£1500

Low Reclining Zoomorphic Lobi Backrest, Burkina Faso

£870

TINY HIGH BACK CHAIR. Chair, ZAMBIA OR ZIMBABWE

£540

Fine Small Chair. Dan, Ivory Coast

£780

LOW RECLINING BACKREST/SEAT. GUARAGE, ETHIOPIA

£950

19th Century High Backed Chair With Two Cut-Out Features, Southern Ethiopia

£1450

BEAUTIFULLY FORMED HIGH BACKED CHAIR. GINDABARAT, ETHIOPIA

£1450

EARLY MEDIUM SIZED ETHIOPIAN HIGH BACKED CHAIR WITH A DEEP GLOSSY PATINA

£1500

19TH CENTURY LOW RECLINING ETHIOPIAN BACKREST

SOLD

19th Century Gaurage Low Reclining Chair, Ethiopia

£1100

Tall 19th Century High Backed Chair with Crescent-Shaped Crest, Ethiopia

£1500

Large Igbo Prestige Stool, Nigeria

£1400

LARGE BAMILEKE TITLE STOOL, CAMEROON

£1400

SMALL/MEDIUM HIGH BACKED CHAIR. GINDABARAT, ETHIOPIA

£1150

High Backed Chair With Linear Decorations, Southern Ethiopia

£1400

Table With Figurative Supports and Etched Animal Designs, Southern Africa

£1500

Small 19th Century Kamba HIGH BACKED CHAIR,Kenya

£1100

Small High-Backed Welayta Chair, Ethiopia (Ex Tekalegn Besepa Collection)

£850

Extremely Rare Form of High Backed Chair, Ethiopia

£3200

VERY LARGE NUPE STOOL WITH ZULU POT

£950 + £650

LARGE TITLE STOOL. BAMILEKE, CAMEROON

£960

19th Century Beautifully Formed Welayta Chair, Ethiopia (Ex Tekalegn Besepa Collection)

£2100

HIGH BACKED MEDIUM/LARGE CHAIR. WOLLEGA,ETHIOPIA

£1350

Late 19th Century Selale High-Backed Chair, Ethiopia

£2100

FINE RARE NYAMWEZI HIGH BACKED CHAIR, TANZANIA

POR

Small/Medium 19th Century Wollega Chair With Angled Backrest, Ethiopia

£1150

IMPRESSIVE LARGE HIGH BACK CHAIR. WOLLEGA, ETHIOPIA Copy

£2400

FANTASTIC VERY LARGE ETHIOPIAN THRONE

PRICE ON REQUEST

WONDERFUL TWO PIECE RECLINING ETHIOPIAN CHAIR

£1500

RARE AND BEAUTIFULLY FORMED STOOL. ZAMBIA

£950

FINE KARAMOJONG HEADREST, UGANDA

£750

19th Century Royal Gurage Bed, Ethiopia

£3800

PORTAL DOOR WITH FINE ANIMAL DECORATIONS. NUPE, NIGERIA

3600

RARE LINKED DOUBLE HEADREST. ZULU, SOUTH AFRICA

£3200

HEADREST WITH BEADED TASSELS. GURAGE, ETHIOPIA

£360

FINE MINIATURE STOOL. NUPE, NIGERIA

£650

HEADREST/STOOL IN ABSTRACT FORM. NORTHERN UGANDA/SOUTHERN SUDAN

£450

HEADREST. ARUSI, ETHIOPIA

£320

Early 20th Century Zulu Headrest, Southern Africa (Ex Terry and Bernice Pethica Collection)

£1600

HEADREST WITH INCISED DECORATIONS.GURAGE, ETHIOPIA

£380

RARE ETHIOPIAN DOUBLE HEADREST

£1500

VERY OLD CHIEFTAIN'S STOOL. NDENGEREKO CULTURE,TANZANIA

£780

FINELY DECORATED NUPE STOOL. NIGERIA

£650

EARLY KAMBA/LUO STOOL. KENYA

£780

FINE PRESTIGE STOOL. CHOKWE/MBUNDA, ANGOLA

£950

EARLY ASHANTE STOOL DEPICTING AN ELEPHANT,GHANA

£870

ZOOMORPHIC HEADREST. DINKA, SOUTH SUDAN

£850

HEADREST/STOOL RESEMBLING A TORTOISE. BONGO, SOUTH SUDAN

£650

EARLY STOOL DEPICTING A LEOPARD. BAMILEKE, CAMEROON

£870

PRESTIGE STOOL WITH FINE ANIMAL MOTIFS. DUALA, CAMEROON

£2600

ZOOMORPHIC STOOL. LOBI/GURUNSI, BURKINA FASO

£750

FINE ZOOMORPHIC HEADREST. DINKA, SOUTH SUDAN

£1500

SET OF THREE DOOR PANELS WITH ANIMAL MOTIFS. NUPE, NIGERIA

£1400 SET

PRESTIGE STOOL. DUALA, CAMEROON

£480

HEADREST. TSONGA/SHONA, SOUTHERN AFRICA

£1500

HEADREST. Mongo/Teke, DRC

£750

BONGO HEADREST WITH CENTRAL CHAMBER, SOUTHERN SUDAN

£580

HEADREST. POKOT, KENYA

£650

HEADREST. KAROMOJONG, NORTHERN UGANDA

£480

Late 19th/Early 20th Century Gurage House Post, Ethiopia

£1200

Traditional House Post. Gurage Culture, Ethiopia

£750

Traditional Gurage Room Divider/House Post, Ethiopia

£750

Traditional House Post Decorated With Natural Pigments. Gurage, Ethiopia

£950

TALL TRADITIONAL HOUSE POST/SPACE DIVIDER, ETHIOPIA

£950

HOUSE POST/TRADITIONAL ROOM DIVIDER. GURAGE, ETHIOPIA

£680

NGONI HEADREST, SOUTH/EAST AFRICA

£950

IRON NECKREST. TELLEM/DOGON, MALI

£1200

ASHANTE STOOL WITH FINE DECORATIONS, GHANA

£1450

19th Century Gurage Low Reclining Seat, Ethiopia

£1100

Lobi/Gurunsi Zoomorphic Stool, Burkina Faso

£480

Large Arsi Saddle-Shaped Stool, Ethiopia

£850

Small 1930's Nupe Stool, Nigeria

£480

Early Karamojong Headrest, Northern Uganda

£350

1940'S - 1950'S LUBA/ZELA CARYATID STOOL, DRC

£1650

SMALL KAMBA ELDER'S STOOL WITH WIRE-WORK TOP, KENYA

£580

RARE LARGE ASHANTE STOOL WITH FIGURATIVE SUPPORT, GHANA

£950

LOZI STOOL WITH CROSS-SHAPED SUPPORT, ZAMBIA

£570

KARAMOJONG HEADREST IN BEAUTIFUL BENT-WOOD FORM, UGANDA

£580

Group of Three Zoomorphic Ethiopian Stools

£850

Arsi Zoomorphic Village Stool, Ethiopia

£580

Saddle-Shaped Arsi Stool, Ethiopia

£580

Zoomorphic Ethiopian Stool Formed From a Tree Branch

£490

Low-Set Gaurage Stool, Ethiopia

£550

Rare Igbo Stool With Multiple Supports, Nigeria

£850

ETHIOPIAN STOOL WITH PHALLIC FORM

£720

Low Ethiopian Stool With Multiple Legs

£480

FINE 19TH CENTURY ARSI SADDLE-SHAPED STOOL, ETHIOPIA

£680

Igbo Portal Door Carved From Iroko Wood, Nigeria

£2800

Beautifully Formed Gogo Chieftain's Title Stool, Tanzania

£1250

Bena Village Stool With Circular Handles, Tanzania

£680

Rare Hehe Prestige Stool With Beautiful Supporting Structure, Tanzania

£1100

Rare Form of Stool (Possibly Lozi) Featuring Carved Mask or Face Details, Zambia

£580

Sidamo Village Stool, Ethiopia

£650

19th Century Finely Carved Oromo Headrest, Ethiopia

£350

Unusually Formed Kaguru Stool With Traditional Restoration, Tanzania

£580