Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:
5-15230
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015230
Accession number:
Acc.4428
Object count:
1
Description:
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.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stools (seating furniture)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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