Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
11-37813
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
stool, men’s; carved wood, with slightly concave seat and base of approximately same size, joined by four bent legs with lozenge-shaped knobs running up and down the outside surface
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Blackwater River, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Culture or time period:
Papuan
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37813, described as stool, men’s; carved wood, with slightly concave seat and base of approximately same size, joined by four bent legs with lozenge-shaped knobs running up and down the outside surface

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