Model wooden stool with concave, rectangular seat and ornamental oval supports. [JC [OPS Move] 18/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Model wooden stool with concave, rectangular seat and ornamental oval supports. [JC [OPS Move] 18/5/2017]
Long description: Model wooden stool. It has a concave, rectangular seat, flat rectangular base and two ornamental supports. Each support is an oval, square in section, with a curved X-shape carved in the middle. The outer face of each support has rectangles of chip carved decoration and the edges have longitudinal bands of projecting triangles. There are two cut out semicircles in the seat and two transverse grooves on the base, one either side of the rectangular platform on which the supports stand. The short edges of the base are slightly scalloped. The wood appears to have been varnished. [JC [OPS Move] 18/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana
Cultural groups: Asante
Person: Field collector S.C. Sinclair; Field collector George Evelyn Sinclair; PRM source S.C. Sinclair; PRM source George Evelyn Sinclair
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1945
Date collected: By 1945
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1945
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Varnish, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Chip Carved, Process Varnished
Dimensions: Height: max 66 mm, Length: max 93 mm, Width: max 49 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.12.40B

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