Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-15400
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015400
Accession number:
Acc.4288
Description:
Headrest, double, wood, handcarved. Gently curving double neck support, incised geometric design on top, supported by 4 columns, also with incised design, resting on elliptical base. Length 43.7 centimeters, height 12.8 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Southwest Congo, Kuba.
Donor:
Dan Stuhlmueller
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Southwest Congo; Kuba
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Collector:
Dan Stuhlmueller
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15400, described as Headrest, double, wood, handcarved. Gently curving double neck support, incised geometric design on top, supported by 4 columns, also with incised design, resting on elliptical base. Length 43.7 centimeters, height 12.8 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Southwest Congo, Kuba.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15400, described as Headrest, double, wood, handcarved. Gently curving double neck support, incised geometric design on top, supported by 4 columns, also with incised design, resting on elliptical base. Length 43.7 centimeters, height 12.8 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Southwest Congo, Kuba.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15400, described as Headrest, double, wood, handcarved. Gently curving double neck support, incised geometric design on top, supported by 4 columns, also with incised design, resting on elliptical base. Length 43.7 centimeters, height 12.8 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Southwest Congo, Kuba.

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