Wooden stool with inverted cone-shape seat with incised design and twelve tapering legs, two now missing. [JC [OPS Move] 12/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden stool with inverted cone-shape seat with incised design and twelve tapering legs, two now missing. [JC [OPS Move] 12/5/2017]
Long description: Stool carved from one piece of wood. It consists of a conical seat, being circular and slightly concave on the upper surface and pointed underneath, and twelve cylindrical legs which taper at the feet. Two of the legs have broken off and are now missing, with only a cylindrical stump remaining. The upper surface of the seat is carved with a circular design of concentric bands of grooves and zigzags and a large twelve-pointed star. The lower edge of the seat is serrated. [JC [OPS Move] 12/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Nupe
Person: Field collector Hubert Frank Mathews; PRM source Hubert Frank Mathews
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1920-1929
Date collected: circa 1920 - 1929
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1967
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Repaired (local)
Dimensions: Height: max 249 mm, Diameter: max 380 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1967.16.25