Stool
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Unidentified artist or workshop, Bwa style
Medium
Wood
Geography
Purchased in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Date
before 1981
Dimensions
H. 23 cm, W. 34 cm, D. 14.5 cm
Object number
2009.126.11
Credit Line
Donated by Esther Amrad Dagan in memory of her daughter Halit, and in homage to unknown African artists
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Global Africa
Description
Men's stool. Rectangular stool with square legs, carved from a single piece of wood, with a prodruding stylized human head and neck handle on one side. Top is incised with a border of criss cross decorations and a band of double parallel lines creating a triangular motif. This stool was likely made for trade.
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