Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-15183
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015183
Accession number:
Acc.4386
Description:
Cane/walking stick. Hardwood, handcarved. Incised crosshatching and other geometric design throughout. Iron ferrule at base (badly corroded). Iron ornament on top (badly corroded). Length 76.3 centimeters. From Africa, Central, Kongo (Murdock 38:1).
Donor:
Dan Stuhlmueller
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Zaire; Pende
Culture or time period:
Ba Pende
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
January 9, 1989
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15183, described as Cane/walking stick. Hardwood, handcarved. Incised crosshatching and other geometric design throughout. Iron ferrule at base (badly corroded). Iron ornament on top (badly corroded). Length 76.3 centimeters. From Africa, Central, Kongo (Murdock 38:1).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15183, described as Cane/walking stick. Hardwood, handcarved. Incised crosshatching and other geometric design throughout. Iron ferrule at base (badly corroded). Iron ornament on top (badly corroded). Length 76.3 centimeters. From Africa, Central, Kongo (Murdock 38:1).

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