Tonga Stool in late 2018

in late 2018

Each container was traditionally used as a lunch box to store and transport food

Each stool is hand-carved by a community member from indigenous wood and will vary slightly

These sweet containers are hard to come across and come from the Borana people of Ethiopia

Tonga Stool in late 2018These striking stools are hand carved from a single piece of hardwood by the Tonga people who are an ethic Bantu group from Southern Zambia and the neighbouring Northern Zimbabwe. These stools have been designed with portability in mind as guests would take their own seating to weddings, funerals and ceremonies in neighbouring villages. It has distinct central triangular patterns and bears the authentic wear of regular use which is seen in their warm