Stool

AF811

From: Zaire | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF811
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bajokwe
Provenience Zaire | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Leather | Wood
Technique Carved | Incised
Description

Carved wood. Square seat: four rectangular legs and four cylindrical segments that attach a stablize the four legs; ornamentally incised with raised rings. Seat of stool is covered in hide which is secured by two iron nails on two legs (opposite one and other and sewn underneath of stool).

Height 17.5 cm
Length 21.3 cm
Width 20.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 933 - Other Number

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