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

Collection type: Object
Description: Model wooden stool with concave, rectangular seat and two ornamental 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 open rectangle with concave short edges, with a curved X-shape carved in the middle. The lower half of each support has chip carved decoration. There are two cut out semicircles in the seat and four transverse grooves on the base, two either side of the supports. [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 63 mm, Height: max 65 mm, Length: max 86 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.12.44B Other numbers: 16

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