Object Number | 77-3-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ashanti |
Provenience | Ghana |
Period | 19th century |
Date Made | 1800-1846 |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Seat single concave hewn plank, with 4 rows fine piercings. Four legs, elliptical section with rows of carved triangles facing short ends. Central pillar barrel-shaped fenestrated and sharply ridged in panels. Two legs split by shrinkage. Base flat, in two degrees, hollowed under pillar. |
Height | 35 cm |
Length | 55 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Sotheby-Park Bennet, 1977 |
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