Wooden stool with carving of man on horseback with four attendants forming the support pillars for the seat. Both the seat and the base are circular in shape. [PR [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden stool with carving of man on horseback with four attendants forming the support pillars for the seat. Both the seat and the base are circular in shape. [PR [OPS Move] 4/5/2017]
Long description: Stool with carving of man on horseback with four attendants forming the support pillars for the seat. The stool is painted all over. [SM (Verve) 14/05/2014]
Geographical reference: Malawi
Africa > Eastern Africa > Malawi; Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Yoruba
Person: Field collector William Coleman Piercy; Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa; PRM source William Coleman Piercy; PRM source Faith Piercy
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1935
Date collected: By 1935
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1935 Acquired: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions: Height: max 265 mm, Diameter: max 245 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1939.3.34
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Three letters from Mrs. [?Faith] Piercy to Thomas Penniman and Beatrice Blackwood to organise the transfer of the articles her husband bequeathed to the Pitt Rivers Museum. RDF also includes notes on 'Chinyansa specimens, Nyassaland (KOTAKOTA)' and 'Specimens from other regions', and additional 'Notes by William Coleman Piercy'. [GI 10/12/2001]

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