Wooden stool consisting of a sub-rectangular seat and base and four flat, figure-of-eight supports carved with dentate bands. [JC [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden stool consisting of a sub-rectangular seat and base and four flat, figure-of-eight supports carved with dentate bands. [JC [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
Long description: Wooden stool consisting of a sub-rectangular seat and base and four flat, figure-of-eight supports. The two outer supports are carved with dentate bands, and a central crossbar connects them all. The sides are incised with zigzags. The sides of the seat are incised with long grooved loops and the sides of the base with bands. There are eight pointed triangles projecting from both the seat and the base. There is an off-centre hole in the base. [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, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 302 mm, Width: max 160 mm, Length: max 203 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.29 Other numbers: 120.224