Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-6754
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006754
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Stool; carved from single piece of wood; hourglass shape; bands of burned incised lines on base and center section; h. 16 m; dia. 23.5 cm.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bwamba, Toro, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Toro; Bwamba; Mbuti pygmies (Murdock 6:4)
Culture or time period:
Mbuti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-6754, described as Stool; carved from single piece of wood; hourglass shape; bands of burned incised lines on base and center section; h. 16 m; dia. 23.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-6754, described as Stool; carved from single piece of wood; hourglass shape; bands of burned incised lines on base and center section; h. 16 m; dia. 23.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-6754, described as Stool; carved from single piece of wood; hourglass shape; bands of burned incised lines on base and center section; h. 16 m; dia. 23.5 cm.

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