Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-16327
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016327
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
stool; carved; solid top and ring base yarned by three rows of bats heads forming a lattice; highlights painted with black paint. Conservation: Many insect bore holes throughout.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
base— diameter 42.5 centimeters, height 47.7 centimeters, and seat— diameter 41 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-16327, described as stool; carved; solid top and ring base yarned by three rows of bats heads forming a lattice; highlights painted with black paint. Conservation: Many insect bore holes throughout.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-16327, described as stool; carved; solid top and ring base yarned by three rows of bats heads forming a lattice; highlights painted with black paint. Conservation: Many insect bore holes throughout.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-16327, described as stool; carved; solid top and ring base yarned by three rows of bats heads forming a lattice; highlights painted with black paint. Conservation: Many insect bore holes throughout.

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