| Title | Wooden stool |
| Date | 20th century |
| Material Type | Stools (seating furniture)
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| Description | Wooden stool with a base and top joined by four carved vertical supports. Seat contains a circular band of cowrie shells and inlaid ivory. Origin West Africa. |
| Dimensions | Base Circumference: 26 cm; Top Circumference: 27 cm; Height: 29 cm |
| Subject | Stools -- Africa, West
Africa, West -- Social life and customs
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| Geographic Region | Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa, West
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| Collector | Zbar, Marcus
Zbar, Muriel
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| Collection in Repository | Muriel and Marcus Zbar Collection
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| Collection Note | The Muriel and Marcus Zbar Collection was donated by Dr. Marcus J. Zbar, a 1951 graduate of Vanderbilt University. The collection consists of artifacts originating in West and Central Africa and Papua New Guinea that Dr. Zbar privately purchased from various galleries across the United States. |
| Call Number | 1996.001.020 |
| Holding Institution | Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
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| Digital Collection | Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
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| Rights | Digital image copyright 2010, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424. |
| Media Type | Objects |
