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AF332

From: Kenya

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF332
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Swahili
Provenience Kenya
Section African
Materials Wood | Skin | Paint
Technique Painted
Description

Four cylindrical wooden legs partly painted red and black; square wooden seat through the corners of which the tops of the legs project. The top of the seat is covered with antelope hide which is attached by a complicated lashing of thongs under the seat.

Height 29 cm
Length 35 cm
Width 35 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Dr. William A. Bowen, 1909
Other Number 2 - Other Number

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