Stool

77-1-1

From: Ghana | Senegal | Dakar

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 77-1-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ashanti
Provenience Ghana | Senegal | Dakar
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Human Figure
Description

King's stool with a supine figure supporting the seat on his hands and knees. The figure is atop the traditional perforated column and 4 square posts. There are 6 semi-circular perforations in the seat, and the figure is deeply cracked along one side. The base is also splitting

Height 33 cm
Length 51 cm
Width 25 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1977
Other Number 81-11-58 - Other Number

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