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Carved wooden stool with antelope head motif on back of seat, three legs.
Stool
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Stool

Maker Lobi Artist , Ghana or Burkina Faso
Datec. 1947
Place of originBurkina Faso, Africa
Place of originGhana, Africa
Mediumcarved wood
Dimensions10 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (26.7 x 69.9 x 15.9 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Lewis Berner and family
Object number2002.31.11
Collections
Visual DescriptionCarved wooden stool with antelope head motif on back of seat, three legs.
Stool
Stool
Oromo Artist
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Stool
Mande Artist
20th century
A carved dark wooden stool featuring a flat circular top and a matching round base. Several carved human figures serve as the vertical supports, standing upright with their arms raised to hold up the seat.
Stool
Dogon Artist
undated
Round seat with ten tapered legs; seat has incised star with 9 points, interior has a cross, star is surrounded with circles filled with fields of parallel lines. A double zigzag is carved in the inner circle and there is a dentate motif on the edges of the seat bottom.
Stool (esa)
Nupe Artist
20th Century
Wooden stool
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Tanzanian Artist
20th century
Stool with wide openwork seat, carved geometric design, and patina.
Stool
Kuba Artist
undated
Stool or headrest
Stool or headrest
Luba Artist
20th century
Wooden headrest with metal tacks on seat; triangular curved seat with curved projections; three legs; metal chain looped on either end.
Headrest
Dinka Artist
20th century
Stool
Stool
Mande Artist
20th century
Stool with four cylindrical legs and rectangular top with incised geometric designs.
Stool
Nupe Artist
20th century
Standing female figure with arms pressed to belly, heavy cylindrical legs pressed together, round head with prominent forehead, cowrie like eyes, delicate mouth made of single piece of wood, encrustation on surface.
Female Ancestral Figure (batega)
Lobi Artist
undated
Rectangular seat with short legs
Stool
Toma Artist
20th century

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