Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
11-37814
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
stool, men’s; carved wood; block of wood is partially hollowed by charring and cutting; stool has overall shape when viewed from above; worn human heads emerge from either end; incised chevron designs on each side
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Blackwater River, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37814, described as stool, men’s; carved wood; block of wood is partially hollowed by charring and cutting; stool has overall shape when viewed from above; worn human heads emerge from either end; incised chevron designs on each side

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