Chair

Museum number:

5-16858

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21050016858

Alternate number:

21 (previous number (donor's original number))

Accession number:

Acc.4729

Description:

carved from a single tree trunk. made for Shack. chairs of this sort are traditional and made for a big man or chief. round dished seat. 3 legs connected to center post. solid back with high arms. top of back incised with horizontal bands and triangle motif. incised arms have diamond and horizontal bands. crosses on front of arms. diamonds on legs and edge of seat.

Donor:

Dorothy Shack

Collection place:

Ethiopia

Verbatim coll. place:

East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage

Collector:

Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack

Materials:

Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Accession date:

May 22, 2002

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

height 91 centimeters and diameter 50 centimeters