Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-14085
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014085
Alternate number:
B-2100 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3589
Description:
Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Maker or artist:
Duga of Meko
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1950
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (wood, carved, painted)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 8, 1980
Context of use:
for orisha Iroko
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 34 centimeters and diameter 29 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Bascom African Arts 1967 #96. Integrated Education, Vol. 12:4, 1974: 25. KPFA Folio, Vol. 18:1, April 1967, pg. 19. Slide Halsted photo # 104. B/W photos (2) stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 115C. (Murdock 31:31)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown) and S1968-1969 #141: Dominican College of San Rafael (June 10, 1969–July 22, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 9 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 10 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 11 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 12 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 13 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cmHearst Museum object 14 of 14 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-14085, described as Wood stool with three carved human figures with two snakes curving around upper edge, forming supports for top. Carved in the solid. Painted figures in naturalistic colors. Height: 34 cm, Diameter: 29 cm

Tools