The Beyeler Lobi chair is a great example of African design. It distinguishes itself with its highly stylized anthropomorphic form. The elegant curve of the chair, ending in an arrow-shaped head with the representation of the sex at the opposite side, is supported by three powerful legs. The Beyeler chair is distinguished by rare details, one of these legs is finished by a cubistic foot and a crest made out of small triangle is carved underneath the seat.
We can compare this chair to another one in the Barbier-Mueller Collection (See Sièges d'Afrique Noire du Musée Barbier-Mueller fig.10). Luc Pecquet explains that these chairs were only used by wealthy family elders. Only a few dedicated sculptors carved these massive and monoxyle emblems of nobility. As these chairs were extremely expensive, they were transmitted by descent and were only replaced if they became unusable. Sometimes to describe the beauty of these seats, they use adjectives usually reserved for young men and not material things, bobwar: beauty, masculine coquetry, seduction. According to Pecquet, these chairs were no longer made during colonial times.