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Carved wooden stool
Object Number 2004.24.17232
Display Title Carved wooden stool
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden stool. West Africa: Gold Coast. Ashanti Tribe. Cat. No. 53332.
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Furnishing
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Stool
  • Wood
  • Carved
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Ashanti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Gold Coast; Twi
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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