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

Collection type: Object
Description: Model wooden stool with concave, rectangular seat, and ornamental pedestal support. [JC [OPS Move] 18/5/2017]
Long description: Model wooden stool. It has a concave, rectangular seat, flat rectangular base and ornamental, rectangular-sectioned pedestal support. The two outer faces of the support are decorated with vertical borders of chip carving and four carved out crescent shapes, while the two sides have vertical bands of projecting triangles. There are two cut out crescents in the seat and two transverse grooves on the base, one either side of the rectangular platform on which the support stands. [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
Dimensions: Width: max 43 mm, Length: max 92 mm, Height: max 71 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.12.64B

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