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Object Number
17-41-50/B1568
Display Title
Stool with supporting female figure
Descriptions
Object Description
Large chief's stool carved from single block of dense, close-grain wood, stained. Stylized carving is of crouching female figure supporting round platform at tips of her fingers and on her head. Figure is carved in-the-round in high relief with intricately incised pattern at thighs and accross abdomen depicting scarification. The base and platform are also decoratively incised around their perimeters. There is a red pigment applied to the interstices of the incised hair.
Inventory Description
Stool, carved wood, kneeling female figure supporting round seat, round base, in
Classification
- Stool
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kanioka
- Bena
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Democratic Republic of Congo, southern
Materials
Wood, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 48.5 x 25 x 23.5 cm (19 1/8 x 9 13/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B1568
Provenance
Collector
Henri Pareyn
(1880-1899)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(07/1917)
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