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Grand Vestibule: The British Monarchy and the World

The Grand Vestibule at Windsor Castle reflects interaction between the monarchy and the wider world

YORUBA [NIGERIA]

Pair of Yoruba beaded footstools

1969

RCIN 74686

A pair of drum-shaped footstools or pouffes, stuffed with straw and decorated throughout with multi-coloured glass beads in the form of a knot and circular shapes on a dark blue ground. En suite with two Yoruba beadwork thrones in the Collection, RCINs 74685-1.2

Embroidering the beading and creating patterns for these footstools is an important spiritual exercise for the Yoruba people. The symbolism of the interlaced motifs denotes many aspects of spiritual life - power, the past, the future and respect for ancestors and descendants.

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