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1945.12.57B

Model wooden stool. [PR [OPS move] 18/5/2017]

1945.12.57B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Model wooden stool. [PR [OPS move] 18/5/2017]
Long description
Model wooden stool. It has a rectangular concave seat with two semicircular cut outs on each side. With a cuboid-shaped support, decorated with zigzag incisions, and four rectangular pillars with serrated edges, decorated with rectangular protrusions in the middle section, and zigzag incisions at the bottom. The base is rectangular in shape, with one linear incision near the edges. [PR [OPS move] 17/5/2017]
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
Dimensions
Length: max 91 mm, Width: max 48 mm, Height: max 67 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1945.12.57B

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