Stool
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Unidentified artist or workshop, Mossi style
Medium
Wood
Geography
Purchased in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Date
before 1981
Dimensions
H. 16 cm, W. 23 cm, D. 21 cm
Object number
2009.126.12
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
Woman's stool. Circular stool carved from a single piece of wood. Four legs are wedge shaped with a triangular dent in the middle on a round base. The top is decorated with incised alternating hatched and plain triangles creating a square and hour glass motif. This type of stool was used daily for cooking and other domestic activities.
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