Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-16331
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-350 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
stool with three legs and antelope head; carved wood, black and white paint.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, Lobi
Culture or time period:
Lobi
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Male initiation stool. Stools often carved by men on their shoulders when traveling
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 37 centimeters and length 81.3 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Sunday Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass., 28 March 1948, Rotogravure Section, pg. 1. Bascom, African Art, 1967, #30. B/W photo stored with Bascom Index card file. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, Countertop
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-16331, described as stool with three legs and antelope head; carved wood, black and white paint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-16331, described as stool with three legs and antelope head; carved wood, black and white paint.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-16331, described as stool with three legs and antelope head; carved wood, black and white paint.

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