Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-15229
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
Stool. Carved light colored wood. 5 supports, 4 outer supports have zigzag edges, central support is column with excised rectangles, column split on 2 outer faces. 3 cut out hemispheres above each pair of outer columns on seat. Minor staining and discoloration on seat. Length of base 45.9 centimeters, width 18.6 centimeters. From Ghana, Ashanti (Asante).
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15229, described as Stool. Carved light colored wood. 5 supports, 4 outer supports have zigzag edges, central support is column with excised rectangles, column split on 2 outer faces. 3 cut out hemispheres above each pair of outer columns on seat. Minor staining and discoloration on seat. Length of base 45.9 centimeters, width 18.6 centimeters. From Ghana, Ashanti (Asante).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15229, described as Stool. Carved light colored wood. 5 supports, 4 outer supports have zigzag edges, central support is column with excised rectangles, column split on 2 outer faces. 3 cut out hemispheres above each pair of outer columns on seat. Minor staining and discoloration on seat. Length of base 45.9 centimeters, width 18.6 centimeters. From Ghana, Ashanti (Asante).

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