Narrow wooden stool with long legs woven together with hide strips [SM (Verve) 12/02/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Narrow wooden stool with long legs woven together with hide strips [SM (Verve) 12/02/2014]
Long description: Narrow wooden stool with long legs woven together with hide strips. The stool is made from naturally forked piece of wood. The space between the legs has been filled with thin sticks woven together with strips of hide. A plaited hide carrying strap is attached to one of the legs. [SM (Verve) 12/02/2014]
Geographical reference: Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya; Kerio Valley
Cultural groups: Pokot
Person: Field collector Mervyn Worcester Howard Beech; PRM source Howard Beech
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1924
Date collected: By 1924
Acquisition information: Donated: 1924
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Carved, Process Woven, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Height: max 300 mm, Width: max 150 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1924.34.24

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