Name/Title
ThroneEntry/Object ID
2014.01.061Description
High backed throne carved with royal icons: arms are figures of lions, with their tails going up the edge of the back; seat is supported by two male figures wearing traditional caps and loin cloths, holding a staff and smoking a pipe on the sides with a leopard facing the front of the seat; the back made up of a central double gong with three carved faces on either side with circle shapes above them, topped by four spiders. Seat is edged with lozenge/cowrie shaped carving.Context
Fon's ceremonial seatDimensions
Height
164 cmWidth
61 cmDimension Notes
H: 164 cm W: 61 cm
