Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-4087
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2001
Description:
Carved wooden stool; seat supported by 3 squatting figured with elbows on knee and hands on head 34 cm high.
Donor:
Victor K. Zurcher
Collection place:
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Congo; Kwango cluster; Bapende
Culture or time period:
Ba Pende
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1968-1969 #12: California Department of Parks and Recreation (August 2, 1968–September 24, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-4087, described as Carved wooden stool; seat supported by 3 squatting figured with elbows on knee and hands on head 34 cm high.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-4087, described as Carved wooden stool; seat supported by 3 squatting figured with elbows on knee and hands on head 34 cm high.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-4087, described as Carved wooden stool; seat supported by 3 squatting figured with elbows on knee and hands on head 34 cm high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-4087, described as Carved wooden stool; seat supported by 3 squatting figured with elbows on knee and hands on head 34 cm high.

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