Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-15906
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015906
Alternate number:
16
Accession number:
Acc.4660
Description:
Stool, wood, hand carved, round; slightly concave seat with incised geometric designs on top; 10 rounded tapered legs near outer edge; dark brown glossy finish; height circa 24 centimeters X diameter 40.5 centimeters.
Donor:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Nupe
Culture or time period:
Nupe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
December 8, 1994
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15906, described as Stool, wood, hand carved, round; slightly concave seat with incised geometric designs on top; 10 rounded tapered legs near outer edge; dark brown glossy finish; height circa 24 centimeters X diameter 40.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15906, described as Stool, wood, hand carved, round; slightly concave seat with incised geometric designs on top; 10 rounded tapered legs near outer edge; dark brown glossy finish; height circa 24 centimeters X diameter 40.5 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15906, described as Stool, wood, hand carved, round; slightly concave seat with incised geometric designs on top; 10 rounded tapered legs near outer edge; dark brown glossy finish; height circa 24 centimeters X diameter 40.5 centimeters.

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