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

Collection type: Object
Description: Model wooden stool with concave, rectangular seat, and two X-shaped supports. [JC [OPS Move] 18/5/2017]
Long description: Model wooden stool. It has a concave, rectangular seat, flat rectangular base and two X-shaped supports, curved at the sides. The outer faces of the supports have vertical bands of chip carved decoration. There are two cut out crescents in the seat and two transverse grooves on the base, one 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
Dimensions: Length: max 90 mm, Height: max 66 mm, Width: max 45 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1945.12.65B

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