Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
11-37712
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1485 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
stool, man’s; wood, carved in form of double bird with beaks that form loops at either end; traces of red paint.
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Washkuk Hills, Upper Sepik River, New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Papuan
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
whole— length 52.5 centimeters and whole— height 23.7 centimeters
Comment:
Probably used by men in the haus tambaran. Lawes (collector) says it represents a turtle. 1963: $35.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37712, described as stool, man’s; wood, carved in form of double bird with beaks that form loops at either end; traces of red paint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 11-37712, described as stool, man’s; wood, carved in form of double bird with beaks that form loops at either end; traces of red paint.

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