Object class: Furniture / Collection place: Western Africa

Start Over Object class Furniture Collection place Western Africa

Museum number:: 5-10280a-d
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: a— diameter 50 centimeters, b— length 29.5 centimeters, d— diameter 50 centimeters, and c— diameter 48 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937

Museum number:: 5-16766
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: length 41.5 centimeters, width 28 centimeters, and height 20.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

Museum number:: 5-14085
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Maker or artist:: Duga of Meko
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: diameter 29 centimeters and height 34 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1950

Museum number:: 5-11693
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: width 21 centimeters, length 21.5 centimeters, and height 38.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944