Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-5364
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050005364
Alternate number:
B-71 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Carved, wooden stool with painted leopard with small animal in its mouth.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, West Africa, Ivory Coast; Baule, Yaure subtribe (Murdock 32:20)
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1965
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 38.5 centimeters
Comment:
Original # on object is “71”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 32:20. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, Mez, 117C. Loose fragments under base of leopeard, right front leg and hind section of dof (?) in leopard's mouth re-affixed with acorn R-957A glue 2/2/76 by Geoffrey Brown.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5364, described as Carved, wooden stool with painted leopard with small animal in its mouth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5364, described as Carved, wooden stool with painted leopard with small animal in its mouth.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5364, described as Carved, wooden stool with painted leopard with small animal in its mouth.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5364, described as Carved, wooden stool with painted leopard with small animal in its mouth.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5364, described as Carved, wooden stool with painted leopard with small animal in its mouth.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5364, described as Carved, wooden stool with painted leopard with small animal in its mouth.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5364, described as Carved, wooden stool with painted leopard with small animal in its mouth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-5364, described as Carved, wooden stool with painted leopard with small animal in its mouth.

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