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	Akan Ohene - The Akan Chief (King)
		The stool is the most important of the king's regalia; as matter of fact, the term "stool" means chieftancy.
		The stools of kings who proved to be great leaders are flened as a method of preserving the stools.
		These flened stools are kept in the temple of stools (nkonnuafieso - Twi or nkonguadan - Fantse) as symbolic memorial and shrine of the great ancestors.
	www.marshall.edu /akanart/oheneadwa.html (223 words)

	African Art and Architecture - MSN Encarta
		Stools and headrests are the traditional forms of furniture in Africa.
		The most sacred stool of all is the Golden Stool, which is a symbol of the Ashanti nation.
		The Ashanti valued their domestic or personal stools highly because they believed a person’s spirit was absorbed into the stool each time that person sat on it.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574805_2/African_Art_and_Architecture.html (1320 words)

	General News of Wednesday, 19 July 2006
		The Lands Commission is to furnish the Golden Stool with data on the property portfolio, inclusive of all encumbrances on all the properties within the Part 1 Land area in Kumasi.
		Following this admission, the Lands Commission further indicated that the Golden Stool was entitled to the incomes accruing from the subject lands by way of rents as well as updates in the course of its trusteeship over the years.
		The plaintiff averred that the promulgation of the Ashanti Stool Lands Act of 1958 and the State Property and Contracts Act of 1960 putting the Part 1 lands in trust for the Golden Stool was not intended to divest the Golden Stool of title in those lands and that the trust mentioned therein still persisted.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=107535&nav=next (481 words)

	Ashanti Stool Procession - Picture - MSN Encarta
		A procession in Elmina, Ghana, carries an Ashanti chief’s stools to him as part of a traditional ceremony.
		The Ashanti people are known for their carved wooden stools, which customarily served domestic and sacred roles.
		According to legend, Osei Tutu, the founder of the Ashanti Kingdom, was designated his people’s leader when a golden stool floated down from the heavens and landed in his lap.
	encarta.msn.com /media_681500251/Ashanti_Stool_Procession.html (73 words)

	Asante People
		It is said that the Golden Stool of the Asante descended from heaven to rest on the knees of Osei Tutu, the first Ashantehene, who was guided by his adviser the priest Okomfe Anokye.
		The stool was presented to the people after the defeat of the Denkyira, and Anokye declared that it contained the spirit of the whole of the Asante nation and that all of the strength of the nation depended on the safety of the stool.
		Although the golden stool is clearly a more visible representation of the spiritual link to the King, it is the flened stool that truly honors the strength and continuity of the throne.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/people/Asante.html (593 words)

	Wonders of the African World - Episodes - Slave Kingdoms - Wonders
		The Golden Stool is a sacred symbol of the Ashanti nation believed to possess the sunsum (soul) of the Ashanti people.
		According to legend, the Golden Stool -- sika 'dwa in the Akan language of the Ashanti -- descended from heaven in a cloud of white dust and landed in the lap of the first Ashanti king, Osei Tutu, in the late 1600s.
		Drawing upon the Akan tradition of a stool indicating clan leadership, the Golden Stool became the symbol of the united Asante people and legitimized the rule of its possessor.
	www.pbs.org /wonders/Episodes/Epi3/3_wond1a.htm (179 words)

	CNN.com
		According to legend, a powerful priest conjured the stool from the heavens in the late 17th century during a time when the Asante were fractured and in turmoil.
		The stool is seen in public on only the most special of occasions, such as the installing of a new Asante king, or an anniversary celebration, like this 1995 silver jubilee observance of the then reigning king.
		But most of the time, the Golden Stool is kept in the king's palace under tight security, because it's believed to contain the power of the nation.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0301/11/i_if.01.html (3498 words)

	Ashanti Amulet Stool - africanvariety.com
		The legend says that the wooden stool covered with gold was originally "brought from the sky" by the legendary priest Anotchi.
		It is said, that the golden stool embodies the spirit of the Ashanti nation and was given to them as a symbol of their strength.
		Absolutely no one is allowed to sit on the golden stool and only on occasions of the utmost importance when the stool is displayed to the people, the king sits behind it on his own stool.
	www.africanvariety.com /ashanti_amulet_stool.html (211 words)

	info: Golden_Stool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Golden Stool of the AsanteThe Golden Stool of the Asante contains the soul or sunsum of the nation.
		Asante PeopleIt is said that the Golden Stool of the Asante descended from heaven to rest on the knees of Osei Tutu, the first Ashantehene, who was guided by his adviser the priest Okomfe Anokye.
		The Golden Stool represented the people, the soul of the nation and the good fortune of the nation.
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Golden_Stool.html (423 words)

	African Forms in the Furniture of Pierre Legrain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The stools of all subsequent kings are, upon their deaths, preserved in commemoration and as a resting place for their souls.
		The stools tend to be of two types: a rectangular or square block with a deeply curved seat and a cylindrical form shaped like a spool or reel.
		Stools of the Asante and the Fon typically conform to the first type, although the enthronement stools (keteke) of the kings of Dahomey are a simple three-legged stool with a round seat (see The Art of the Personal Object, Level 1).
	www.nmafa.si.edu /exhibits/legrain/Afstools.htm (341 words)

	History - A Visual Interpretation by Emmanuel Akyeampong \| bmpix.org
		The Golden Stool is the repository of the soul of the Asante nation and its possession confers legitimacy on an Asantehene.
		As the source of legitimacy for the Asante state and monarchy, the Golden Stool is a deity in itself; hence it is not sat upon like an ordinary stool.
		The Golden Stool was hidden by the Asante and only reappeared after the British in the early 1920s disavowed any intentions of acquiring it.
	www.bmpix.org /visip_emmanuel/chapter_08.htm (542 words)

	Prempeh College Photo Gallery
		This is the real Golden Stool of the Asante Kingdom, dropped from heaven in about 1700 A.D. unto the lap of the founder King Osei Tutu.
		This stool is holy, and used as an altar but must never be sat on, not even by the king.
		The Stool in 1974 (Silver Jubilee): The R.S.M. Seidu Busanga inviting the Asantehene, Otumfoo Opoku Ware II, to inspect the cadets on parade.
	prempeh.org /photos/week15.html (594 words)

	Gold in Asante Courtly Arts \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The king's Golden Stool, which was, and remains, the primary symbol of the Asante nation, illustrates this precious metal's cultural resonance.
		Court histories state that in 1701, as Osei Tutu was sitting beneath a tree, the Golden Stool descended from the sky and came to rest in his lap, a divine gesture in support of his rule.
		Upon their deaths, these stools were flened with smoke and ritual offerings and placed on an altar, where they served as conduits for communication with a deceased leader's spirit.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/asan_2/hd_asan_2.htm (825 words)

	Africa Direct Ð An African Art & African Artifacts Online Gallery Ð Peoples of Africa
		The Asante are famed throughout the world for their finely crafted stools, historically traced to the mythical "Golden Stool." The original (reportedly) gold stool, kept under tight security, is still used when a new Asantehene is elected, but no one is allowed to touch it.
		Though the Golden Stool is more historically important, it is actually the wooden stool which truly honors the power and continuity of the throne.
		This stool and its magical powers thus became central to the creation of the Akan Confederacy, of which the Asante were the most powerful.
	www.africadirect.com /other/peoples/peoples.php?people=Asante (539 words)

	Ashanti Empire
		Tradition has also said that Okomfo Anokye conjured the famous Golden Stool from the sky and landed it on the lap of King Osei Tutu, the first King of the Ashantis.
		The famous Golden Stool for the People of Ashanti is their spiritual symbol.
		The Ashantis have never lost the Golden Stool and it serves as an enduring symbol of their culture.
	www.info-ghana.com /ashanti_empire.htm (706 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, AL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Such seats were traditionally symbolic of a chieftain's leadership, but the Golden Stool is believed to house the spirit of the Asante nation, both living, dead and yet to be born.
		Each stool is understood to be the seat of the owner's soul and when not in use were leaned against a wall so that other souls passing by would not settle on it.
		Replicas of the stool have been produced for the chiefs and at their funerals are ceremonially flened with animal blood, a symbol of their power for generations.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Asante_royal_thrones (510 words)

	Asante stool - RAND AFRICAN ART
		The Golden Stool in Kumasi is superior to all component
		state stools and is similar to a European throne in that it is the physical expression of the continuity of the entire
		Stools are sometimes also discussed in anthropomorphic terms, with the support described as the "neck" and
	www.randafricanart.com /Asante_stool.html (791 words)

	Ashanti.com.au - Ashanti
		Very often, the property or stool in question has to move, step by step, to the last male inheritor (brother) before passing on to a male son of a female member of the mother’s family.
		This is because no family (Abusua) will allow a drunkard or a thief or a spendthrift, for instance, to succeed to property or a stool of a deceased rich man or eminent chief for fear that he might dissipate the wealth or bring the stool into disrepute or even discrete it.
		An animal is slaughtered and blood mixed with dark fat is used to flen the stool of the deceased before it is placed in a secret stool room where no-one is allowed except for the official stool guardian.
	www.ashanti.com.au /pb/wp_8078438f.html (6483 words)

	Akan Stools
		The stool is an important political symbol in the indigenous Akan form of government.
		The stool of the king (ohene adwa) is the sacred symbol of his political and religious authority.
		The king's stool is believed by the Akan to inhabit the soul of the nation, that is, it marks continuities across generations and groups.
	www.africawithin.com /akan/akan_stools.htm (899 words)

	Ghana Royal Seat
		Traditionally the special stools were crafted exclusively for the king with stringent regulations attached such as the seat never being allowed to touch the ground.
		Every design used in a stool middle or pedestal has connotation and functions as a verbal as well as a visual message As originally dictated the king was the only person allowed to sit on this particular seat.
		The stool is strong and natural in color reflecting the age old Ashanti tradition of washing the stools ceremoniously at least once a year and scrubbing it with sand and lemon juice to further blanch the wood.
	www.authenticafrica.com /ghanaroyalseat.html (507 words)

	History of Golden Stool
		Tradition has it that this stool, covered with pure gold, floated out of the sky and landed on the lap of the first Asantehene (Asante king), Osei-tutu.
		Stool is very important to the Asante; war has broken out over it In 1896, they deported their king (Premeph I) instead of going to war.
		The Golden Stool of the Asante contains the soul or sunsum of the nation.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/history/golden_stool.php (340 words)

	The Story of Africa\| BBC World Service
		The importance of the stool was crudely grasped by the British at a time of aggressive imperial expansion.
		In 1900, the British Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Frederick Hodgson, demanded the Golden Stool in the most offensive manner possible at a meeting of Ashanti chiefs.
		This culminated in the Governor being besieged in Kumase.
	www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/4chapter6.shtml (803 words)

	Ashanti Pedestal Stool
		Ashanti stool: Legend has it that in 1701, while Ashanti founder Osei Tutu sat under a tree, thunder and lightening quickly filled the sky and a golden stool floated down from the heavens and came to rest on his lap.
		Tutus' priest interpreted the stool as being the soul or "sunsun" of the Ashanti nation.
		The stool thusly became the symbol of unity and vitality for the people.
	www.authenticafrica.com /ascolstool.html (157 words)

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	Asante History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Okomfo Anokye declared the stool to be symbol of the new Asante union (Asanteman)in unity and spirit (sunsum).
		Each chief then swore allegiance to the Golden Stool and to Osei Tutu as the Asantehene (King of Asante), by holding a golden sword to the Golden Stool.
		Asantehene Nana Agyeman Prempeh 1(1822-1932), seeing the imminent defeat of the Asante army with the resulting possibility of the capture of the Golden Stool, surrendered himself and was exiled to the Seychelles Island with a retinue of other chiefs, and later, the legendary woman Yaa Asantewaa, Queen mother of Ejisu.
	acona-usacanada.org /asantehistory1.html (1296 words)

	www.bmpix.org - Basel Mission Picture Archive
		The clear testimony of the missionaries Jost and Stamm (and the latter saw the Golden Stool in 1928, s.
		his report) is that the Golden Stool cannot be publicly displayed and photographed.
		Secondly the real Golden Stool is old, looks fl and is entirely covered with gold leaf so that no wood is visible.
	www.bmpix.org /search/archive_details.php?ref_no=D-30.18.066 (395 words)

	Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Texts and Sources: Asante
		The next item in the procession is the Golden Stool, the traditional Sikagua Kofi: "It is encased in gold with a long golden pipe and some vessels and other articles of value." It has its own tradition behind it.
		The officers of the king's household: the chamberlain, the gold horn blower, captain of the messengers, captain for royal executions, captain of the market, keeper of the royal burial ground, master of the bands, sat surrounded by a retinue and splendour which bespoke the dignity of their offices.
		These stools are made of one solid piece of wood (called zesso), and are carved and polished in a superior manner.
	www.ama.africatoday.com /asante_m.htm (16801 words)

	Swivel metal bar stools
		The Bordeaux Swivel Bar Stool is made from steel and finished in a pewter powder base coat, with a bronze highlight.
		These swivel bar stools feature a tropical motif and the metal is shaped and painted to look like the bamboo furniture you might find at a resort.
		These attractive swivel bar stools are graced with a flower motif in the back and a durable and neutral fabric seat.
	www.exquisite-gardens.com /metal-bar-stools.htm (1030 words)

	The African Conservancy Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The chief's stool is of particular importance, as the well-being of the kingdom is often believed to be a reflection of the chief's soul; therefore, the well-being of the kingdom is directly related to the stool and its protection.
		After a chief's death, his stool is often preserved with him in his burial shrine.
		The Ashanti people also believe that their Golden Stool, pictured next to the seated man to the left, is said to house not only the soul of the chief, but also the collective soul of the Ashanti people; as such, the Golden Stool is not for sitting!
	www.africanconservancy.org /member/furniture/stools2.html (116 words)

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