Collection place: Western Africa / Accession number: Acc.4428 / Function: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15229, described as Stool. Carved light colored wood. 5 supports, 4 outer supports have zigzag edges, central support is column with excised rectangles, column split on 2 outer faces. 3 cut out hemispheres above each pair of outer columns on seat. Minor staining and discoloration on seat. Length of base 45.9 centimeters, width 18.6 centimeters. From Ghana, Ashanti (Asante).

Hearst Museum object titled Stool (seating furniture), accession number 5-15230, described as Stool. Carved light colored wood, saddle-shaped seat (1 piece). 2 supports with zigzag edges, each have connecting figure which is probably highly abstracted human form with 4 rectangular openings. Incised paired triangles on both figures. Several splits including 1 on base. 3 cut-out triangles on saddle above end of each support. Base width 25.5 centimeters, length 51 centimeters.