Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-15627
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Stool, wood, four-legged. Leather seat secured by leather strips on underside. Four horizontal and two vertical flat cross braces. Square legs. Circular pyrographic designs on exterior wood surfaces. Height 18.2 cm, Width 18.2 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Shaba Province; near Dilolo Gare; Chokwe
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
May - September 1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15627, described as Stool, wood, four-legged. Leather seat secured by leather strips on underside. Four horizontal and two vertical flat cross braces. Square legs. Circular pyrographic designs on exterior wood surfaces. Height 18.2 cm, Width 18.2 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15627, described as Stool, wood, four-legged. Leather seat secured by leather strips on underside. Four horizontal and two vertical flat cross braces. Square legs. Circular pyrographic designs on exterior wood surfaces. Height 18.2 cm, Width 18.2 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.

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