Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
9-17186
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Stool. Rattan, caned seat; bamboo supports extend from narrow seat to wide base at bottom and are attached with split bamboo strips. Additional support provided by strip covered with bamboo attached to inside circumference of base. Seat diameter 29.5 cm, height 45 cm.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Laos
Verbatim coll. place:
Laos
Culture or time period:
Laotian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 9-17186, described as Stool. Rattan, caned seat; bamboo supports extend from narrow seat to wide base at bottom and are attached with split bamboo strips. Additional support provided by strip covered with bamboo attached to inside circumference of base. Seat diameter 29.5 cm, height 45 cm.

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