Wooden stool consisting of an oval seat, base and central platform, four ring supports creating two figure-of-eight shapes, and four open-work dogleg supports. [JC [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden stool consisting of an oval seat, base and central platform, four ring supports creating two figure-of-eight shapes, and four open-work dogleg supports. [JC [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
Long description: Wooden stool consisting of an oval seat, base and central platform, four ring supports creating two figure-of-eight shapes, and four open-work dogleg supports. There is a deep circumferential groove on the side of the seat. There are eleven cylindrical projections on the underside of the seat, around the edge. The wood appears to have been varnished. [JC [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Anambra Onitsha 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, Material Varnish, Process Carved, Process Varnished
Dimensions: Height: max 290 mm, Width: max 180 mm, Length: max 207 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.10 Other numbers: 120.214

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