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Ceremonial wooden four legged stool with carved decoration
Ceremonial wooden four legged stool with carved decoration
Object Number 2004.24.17178
Display Title Ceremonial wooden four legged stool with carved decoration
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial wooden four-legged stool with carved decoration. Liberia: Belliyella. Buzi Tribe: 41-53-50/5443. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 73,c
Keywords
  • Furnishing
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
Subject
  • Decoration
  • Wood
  • Carved
  • Leg
  • Ceremonial
  • Stool
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Toma
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Belle Yella
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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