These wonderful carved African art stools, created by the Nupe of Nigeria are carved out of one piece of wood with intricate patterns carved into the top. This particular Nupe stool has 10 legs.
The Nupe people live on the south-eastern corner of the plateau region of Nigeria and have had an important impact on their neighbors, both north and south of the Niger river.
The Nupe are largely a Muslim people, converted by a travelling preacher during the eighteenth century. The Nupe people have a more abstract form of art.
They are traditionally called the Tapa by the neighboring Yoruba
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