; believed to possess the sunsum (soul) of the Asante people.

According to legend, Okomfo Anokye, a high priest caused the Golden Stool — sika dwa in the Akan language of the Asante — to descend from heaven in a cloud and landed on the lap of the first Asante king, Osei Tutu.

Such seats were traditionally symbolic of a chieftain’s leadership, but the Golden Stool is believed to house the spirit of the Asante nation—living, dead and yet to be born.