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Stool

Culture: Bongo
Medium: Wood
Place Made: Sudan
Dates: late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions: 5 1/16 x 14 7/8 in. (12.9 x 37.8 cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 22.219
Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
Image: Detail, 22.219_detail_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Dark colored wooden stool with glossy patina. Seat is leaf-shaped and slightly scooped. Top is decorated with two incised lines down the center, and three sets of incised bands on each side. Front of seat terminates in a human head, which has a simian quality. Head has two round eyes and ears, a nose, and mouth that is slightly open. The stool has four legs with a centered handle connecting front and back for carrying. Condition: Very good. Signs of wear on edges of seat. A small area of edge is eroded.

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Lee_Rubinstein (2)
- Headrest, Neckrest
- Anthropomorphic
ninakuriloff (3)
- Bongo
- Sudan
- stool
paul (3)
- chair
- wood
- carved

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