Object name: Stool (seating furniture) / Donor: William Russell Bascom

Start Over Object name Stool (seating furniture) Donor William Russell Bascom

Museum number:: 5-11693
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: height 38.5 centimeters, width 21 centimeters, and length 21.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

Museum number:: 5-14085
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Maker or artist:: Duga of Meko
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 34 centimeters and diameter 29 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1950

Museum number:: 5-10280a-d
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: d— diameter 50 centimeters, c— diameter 48 centimeters, a— diameter 50 centimeters, and b— length 29.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937

Museum number:: 5-13478
Culture or time period:: Lobi
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: length 75.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1943

Museum number:: 5-2191
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: length 31.8 centimeters, width 20.9 centimeters, and height 45.7 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944-1945

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