Carved wooden stool. Both the seat and the base are circular and the two are connected by a central pillar and four curved supports. [JC [OPS move] 5/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved wooden stool. Both the seat and the base are circular and the two are connected by a central pillar and four curved supports. [JC [OPS move] 5/5/2017]
Long description: Carved wooden stool. Both the seat and the base are circular and the two are connected by a central pillar and four curved supports. The central pillar is widest in the middle where there is a discoid stop and bands of notches, it then tapers towards the seat and base. The upper surface of the seat is slightly concave and the underside and top of the base are carved with geometric patterns. One of the curved supports is inscribed 'NWofuNWA umE'. [JC [OPS move] 5/5/2017
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 Inscribed, Process Incised, Process Notched
Dimensions: Diameter: max 270 mm, Height: max 255 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.19 Other numbers: 120.199

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