The Ashanti (Asante) is the traditional stool of Kings among the Ashanti people. Here it is combined with their national game, oware (wari, awele), making it a stunning accent to any home decor.

The stool is 50cm long, 22cm wide and 46cm high and comes with Native seeds for playing the game. Designs will vary.

The Stem includes traditional symbols of Ashanti culture. Pictured above is the "Gye Nyame" which means,

"Abode santann yi firi tete; obi nte ase a onim ne ahyease, na obi ntena ase nkosi ne awie, Gye Nyame."

And translates as,

"This great panorama of creation dates back to time immemorial; no one lives who saw its beginning and no one will live to see its end, except God."

Essential to Ashanti nationhood, a major tribal group in Ghana, is the legend of the Golden Stool (sika 'dwa). In the seventeenth century, in order for the Ashanti to win their independence a meeting of all the clan heads was called. In this meeting, the Golden Stool was commanded down from the heavens.

It floated down and straight into the lap of Osei Tutu I. The stool was declared to be the symbol of the new Ashanti Nation and allegiance was sworn to the Golden Stool and to Osei Tutu as the King.

This Fair Trade product is produced by
Delata-Ghana. Delata Ghana is member of National Association of Ghanaian Exporters (NAHE), Aid To Artisans Ghana (ATAG) and a partner for Fair Trade and Rural Crafts Development.