Wooden stool or headrest or combined stool and shield carved from a single piece of wood. Long, lenticular seat, slightly curved with one wide leg with two deep, wide grooves, and one bifurcated foot connected by a curved, rounded bridge. [MOBB [OPS move] 21/3/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden stool or headrest or combined stool and shield carved from a single piece of wood. Long, lenticular seat, slightly curved with one wide leg with two deep, wide grooves, and one bifurcated foot connected by a curved, rounded bridge. [MOBB [OPS move] 21/3/2017]
Geographical reference: Eastern Africa
Africa > Eastern Africa
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; Field collector Armine Charles Almroth Wright; PRM source Henry Balfour; PRM source Armine Charles Almroth Wright
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1939?, uncertain
Date collected: ?By 1939
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Grooved
Dimensions: Height: max 123 mm, Length: max 327 mm, Width: max 98 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.1.437

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