Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-15228
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015228
Alternate number:
34 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
Stool; carved reddish brown stool with 5 supports; four outer supports have zigzag edges, carved out hemisphere flanked by rectangles 6 cm from ea. end of top of stool; (two badly damaged); central support is column w/ excised rectangles; 3 brass tacks on top; split on base repaired with brass brads; split at base of one column; Iength of base: 31.6 cm; width: 12.5 cm.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ghana, Ashanti (Asante)
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
base— length 31.6 centimeters and base— width 12.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15228, described as Stool; carved reddish brown stool with 5 supports; four outer supports have zigzag edges, carved out hemisphere flanked by rectangles 6 cm from ea. end of top of stool; (two badly damaged); central support is column w/ excised rectangles; 3 brass tacks on top; split on base repaired with brass brads; split at base of one column; Iength of base: 31.6 cm; width: 12.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15228, described as Stool; carved reddish brown stool with 5 supports; four outer supports have zigzag edges, carved out hemisphere flanked by rectangles 6 cm from ea. end of top of stool; (two badly damaged); central support is column w/ excised rectangles; 3 brass tacks on top; split on base repaired with brass brads; split at base of one column; Iength of base: 31.6 cm; width: 12.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15228, described as Stool; carved reddish brown stool with 5 supports; four outer supports have zigzag edges, carved out hemisphere flanked by rectangles 6 cm from ea. end of top of stool; (two badly damaged); central support is column w/ excised rectangles; 3 brass tacks on top; split on base repaired with brass brads; split at base of one column; Iength of base: 31.6 cm; width: 12.5 cm.

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