Wooden stool with circular, concave seat and a single, square-sectioned stem which diverges into four splaying legs. Carved with linear and geometric designs. [JC [OPS Move] 10/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden stool with circular, concave seat and a single, square-sectioned stem which diverges into four splaying legs. Carved with linear and geometric designs. [JC [OPS Move] 10/5/2017]
Long description: Stool carved from one piece of wood. It has a circular, concave seat and a single, square-sectioned stem which diverges into four splaying, triangular-sectioned legs. The underside of the seat is decorated with fields of parallel grooves, the top of the stem with deeply carved chevrons in a mirrored pattern, and the outer faces of the legs with longitudinal bands of zigzags and triangular fields of parallel grooves. There is a triangular perforation at the top of the stem. [JC [OPS Move] 10/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Akwa Ibom State Ikot Ekpene
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1932
Date collected: 1931 - 1932
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Grooved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Height: max 286 mm, Width: max 293 mm, Length: max 305 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.4 Other numbers: 120.205

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