Ashanti people
The Golden Stool represents the Ashanti symbol of unity which is believed to possess the sunsum (soul) of the Ashanti people. In Ashanti legend, (the Golden Stool; Sika 'Dwa in the Ashanti language) of the Ashanti people—descended from heaven in a cloud of white dust and landed in the lap of the first Ashanti Emperor Asantehene Osei Tutu I in the late 1600s and was introduced onto the Ashanti flag by the Ashanti Emperor Asantehene Prempeh II of Ashanti in taking the oath of the Ashanti absolute monarchy office Manhyia Palace upon the restoration of the Ashanti kingdom nation on 1 January 1935. The national flag of Ashanti was created by emperor Asantehene Nana Prempeh II (r. 1931 – 1970). The flag did not serve as the official flag of the Ashanti Crown Colony which existed from 1901 until 1957.