Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-13299
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013299
Alternate number:
JC9 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3332
Description:
Stool (seating furniture)., Kenya, Gob dogo, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13299, acc no. 3332. File code: 5.1 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Wood of Bubunto tree (or Bureh tree) cut trunk and make legs with adze and smooth with stone Context of use: used and made by men; during prayers each night men sit on stool and pours milk into small hole in front of house; During Almado ceremony, the men take it to Nabo where milk is poured over it and blessed Description: Stool; wood; round; seat concave; 4 thick legs with protrusion near base; 8 cm chip off one side; H 14 cm; W 24 cm.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Gob Dogo, Marsabit, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya; Gob Dogo; Rendille
Culture or time period:
Rendille
Collector:
Jean Colvin and University Research Expeditions Program
Collection date:
Summer, 1977
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-13299, described as Stool (seating furniture)., Kenya, Gob dogo, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13299, acc no. 3332. File code: 5.1 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Wood of Bubunto tree (or Bureh tree) cut trunk and make legs with adze and smooth with stone Context of use: used and made by men; during prayers each night men sit on stool and pours milk into small hole in front of house; During Almado ceremony, the men take it to Nabo where milk is poured over it and blessed Description: Stool; wood; round; seat concave; 4 thick legs with protrusion near base; 8 cm chip off one side; H 14 cm; W 24 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-13299, described as Stool (seating furniture)., Kenya, Gob dogo, Rendille. Summer, 1977. 5-13299, acc no. 3332. File code: 5.1 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: Jean Colvin. Materials, techniques: Wood of Bubunto tree (or Bureh tree) cut trunk and make legs with adze and smooth with stone Context of use: used and made by men; during prayers each night men sit on stool and pours milk into small hole in front of house; During Almado ceremony, the men take it to Nabo where milk is poured over it and blessed Description: Stool; wood; round; seat concave; 4 thick legs with protrusion near base; 8 cm chip off one side; H 14 cm; W 24 cm.

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