Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-5288
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050005288
Accession number:
Acc.2115
Description:
dark stained stool with seat supported by kneeling woman with elaborate scarification on torso; wood; height 39.5 cm
Donor:
Helena Rubinstein, Parke-Bernet Galleries, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Congo; Leopoldville; Ba-Luba
Culture or time period:
Ba Luba
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1971-1972 #64: Art Gallery (Mills College) (January 3, 1972–February 22, 1972), S1974-1975 #43: Mills College (January 7, 1975–February 3, 1978), and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5288, described as dark stained stool with seat supported by kneeling woman with elaborate scarification on torso; wood; height 39.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5288, described as dark stained stool with seat supported by kneeling woman with elaborate scarification on torso; wood; height 39.5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5288, described as dark stained stool with seat supported by kneeling woman with elaborate scarification on torso; wood; height 39.5 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5288, described as dark stained stool with seat supported by kneeling woman with elaborate scarification on torso; wood; height 39.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5288, described as dark stained stool with seat supported by kneeling woman with elaborate scarification on torso; wood; height 39.5 cm

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