Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-13887
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013887
Accession number:
Acc.3510
Description:
Stool (seating furniture)., Zaire, Ngbaka (Bwaka). 5-13887, acc no. 3510. Orig. No. 57988. File code: 4.1 Collector: unknown Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Mitsuo Inouye. Materials, techniques: Dark-stained wood Description: Stool seat (?); incomplete specimen; seat is decorated with incised parallel diagonal lines within triangles; notch on shaft below seat fits into something else (missing); w. seat 53.2 cm.
Donor:
Mitsuo Inouye and Mrs. Mitsuo Inouye
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Zaire; Ngbaka (Bwaka)
Culture or time period:
Ngbaka
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-13887, described as Stool (seating furniture)., Zaire, Ngbaka (Bwaka). 5-13887, acc no. 3510. Orig. No. 57988. File code: 4.1 Collector: unknown Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Mitsuo Inouye. Materials, techniques: Dark-stained wood Description: Stool seat (?); incomplete specimen; seat is decorated with incised parallel diagonal lines within triangles; notch on shaft below seat fits into something else (missing); w. seat 53.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-13887, described as Stool (seating furniture)., Zaire, Ngbaka (Bwaka). 5-13887, acc no. 3510. Orig. No. 57988. File code: 4.1 Collector: unknown Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Mitsuo Inouye. Materials, techniques: Dark-stained wood Description: Stool seat (?); incomplete specimen; seat is decorated with incised parallel diagonal lines within triangles; notch on shaft below seat fits into something else (missing); w. seat 53.2 cm.

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