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Start Over Object class Single seating furniture Culture or time period Western African cultures Function 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office

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Current results range from 1937 to 1937

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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), museum number 5-10280a-d, described as stool; chief's stool; wood; A) round seat with square hole insert for b; diameter: 50 cm; B) stand; wood; cylindrical; center single leg elaborately carved with 4 breasts at center; length: 29.5 cm; C) base; wood; split and repaired with 4 iron braces; diameter: 48 cm; D) base; wood; square hold insert; diameter: 50 cm. possibly extra base
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), museum number 5-15229, described as Stool. Carved light colored wood. 5 supports, 4 outer supports have zigzag edges, central support is column with excised rectangles, column split on 2 outer faces. 3 cut out hemispheres above each pair of outer columns on seat. Minor staining and discoloration on seat. Length of base 45.9 centimeters, width 18.6 centimeters. From Ghana, Ashanti (Asante).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), museum number 5-15230, described as Stool. Carved light colored wood, saddle-shaped seat (1 piece). 2 supports with zigzag edges, each have connecting figure which is probably highly abstracted human form with 4 rectangular openings. Incised paired triangles on both figures. Several splits including 1 on base. 3 cut-out triangles on saddle above end of each support. Base width 25.5 centimeters, length 51 centimeters.