Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-16869
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
wooden stool, carved from a single block of wood. round, concave seat with 3 legs which "L" into feet. leather decorative band around seat edge and each foot is secured with metal tacks. stool is stained dark brown and varnished. donor affixed small felt pads to the bottom of each foot.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage attrib.
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Leather, Metal, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 30 centimeters and height 32 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-16869, described as wooden stool, carved from a single block of wood. round, concave seat with 3 legs which "L" into feet. leather decorative band around seat edge and each foot is secured with metal tacks. stool is stained dark brown and varnished. donor affixed small felt pads to the bottom of each foot.

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