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77-3-1

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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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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