Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-15907
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015907
Alternate number:
15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4660
Description:
stool, wood, handcarved; rectangular concave seat, resting on abstract elephant with smooth skin; rectangular slightly convex base with four incised transverse bands at each end; polished light brown finish; L (seat) 50.5 cm X W 25.1 cm X H (midpoint) 29.9 cm.
Donor:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
December 8, 1994
Context of use:
personal stool
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 25.1 centimeters, height 29.9 centimeters, and length 50.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15907, described as stool, wood, handcarved; rectangular concave seat, resting on abstract elephant with smooth skin; rectangular slightly convex base with four incised transverse bands at each end; polished light brown finish; L (seat) 50.5 cm X W 25.1 cm X H (midpoint) 29.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15907, described as stool, wood, handcarved; rectangular concave seat, resting on abstract elephant with smooth skin; rectangular slightly convex base with four incised transverse bands at each end; polished light brown finish; L (seat) 50.5 cm X W 25.1 cm X H (midpoint) 29.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15907, described as stool, wood, handcarved; rectangular concave seat, resting on abstract elephant with smooth skin; rectangular slightly convex base with four incised transverse bands at each end; polished light brown finish; L (seat) 50.5 cm X W 25.1 cm X H (midpoint) 29.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15907, described as stool, wood, handcarved; rectangular concave seat, resting on abstract elephant with smooth skin; rectangular slightly convex base with four incised transverse bands at each end; polished light brown finish; L (seat) 50.5 cm X W 25.1 cm X H (midpoint) 29.9 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15907, described as stool, wood, handcarved; rectangular concave seat, resting on abstract elephant with smooth skin; rectangular slightly convex base with four incised transverse bands at each end; polished light brown finish; L (seat) 50.5 cm X W 25.1 cm X H (midpoint) 29.9 cm.

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