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

Collection type: Object
Description: Model wooden stool with concave, rectangular seat, ornamental oval supports and central pillar. [JC [OPS Move] 18/5/2017]
Long description: Model wooden stool. It has a concave, rectangular seat, flat rectangular base and a large ornamental support. The support consists of two open ovals and a central pillar. The pillar is rectangular in form and section at the base but tapers dramatically before expanding slightly again at the seat. The outer faces of the supports and pillar have vertical bands 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 support stands. The short edges of the base are slightly scalloped. [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, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Chip Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 47 mm, Length: max 98 mm, Height: max 69 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.12.42B

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