Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-3453
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2991 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
Wooden model of Ashanti stool; chief of Koforidua design; curved seat supported by 4-sided block; punctated design on seat.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Procured at Accra in 1960
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 5.7 centimeters and length 10.77 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-3. Exhibited: Berkeley Recreation Department
Loans:
S1962-1963 #73: Berkeley Recretion Department/Mary Berry (June 11, 1963–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-3453, described as Wooden model of Ashanti stool; chief of Koforidua design; curved seat supported by 4-sided block; punctated design on seat.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-3453, described as Wooden model of Ashanti stool; chief of Koforidua design; curved seat supported by 4-sided block; punctated design on seat.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-3453, described as Wooden model of Ashanti stool; chief of Koforidua design; curved seat supported by 4-sided block; punctated design on seat.

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