Carved Stool
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. BROWN, CARVED RECTANGULAR WOODEN STOOL HAS A FLAT BASE W/ A RECTANGULAR CENTER OPENING. ON BASE IS A NARROW PLATFORM W/ OPENING ON EACH LONG SIDE, DECORATED W/ TRIANGLES & CROSS-HATCH DESIGN. PLATFORM HOLDS FOUR RECTANGULAR FEET, W/ THE EXTERIOR EDGE COVERED W/ A RIDGE OF TRIANGLES. CENTER OF PLATFORM IS A HOLLOW CYLINDER W/ SQUARE OPENWORK. SEAT CURVES UPWARD AT SHORT ENDS. SEAT SURFACE IS DECORATED W/ RECTANGULAR AND SEMI-CIRCULAR CUT-OUTS NEAR SHORT END. CENTER OF SEAT HAS A CROSS-SHAPE DESIGN MADE FROM NAILS. BOTTOM OF BASE HAS LABELS "4346"; "S.1999"; "A". CONDITION: DUSTY. SOME LOSSES AROUND CORNERS OF BASE & SEAT, PROBABLY OLD ONES AS THEY ARE SMOOTH TO TOUCH.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Ghana (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ashanti (Asante) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428192-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stool
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 44 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 22.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 24.5 cm