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Object Number 47-73-70/2814
Display Title Small carved wooden stool
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stool, rectangular, three sided, smooth upper surface, two side panels with carved curvilinear designs, carved zoomorphic extensions on each side, bird with long curved and pointed beak, dog with elongated snout, thick resin accretions
Classification
  • Stool
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle; Nyourangai
Dimensions Overall: 49 × 9.8 × 11.5 cm (19 5/16 × 3 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2814; L 135

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