Object Details
- Label Text
- Chiefs and important persons in central Africa may use a stool with only a single central support. Seated, one can balance on the central upright or the stool can be tipped on one end to form a backrest. These T-shaped tip stools were often carried on fiber cords, though none remains here.
- Description
- Wood tip stool with incised designs and pierced triangular designs on a central support.
- Provenance
- Eliot Elisofon, New York, -- to 1973
- Content Statement
- As part of our commitment to accessibility and transparency, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art is placing its collection records online. Please note that some records are incomplete (missing image or content descriptions) and others reflect out-of-date language or systems of thought regarding how to engage with and discuss cultural heritage and the specifics of individual artworks. If you see content requiring immediate action, we will do our best to address it in a timely manner. Please email nmafacuratorial@si.edu if you have any questions.
- Image Requests
- High resolution digital images are not available for some objects. For publication quality photography and permissions, please contact the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at https://africa.si.edu/research/eliot-elisofon-photographic-archives/
- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Mongo artist
- Date
- Early to mid-20th century
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Eliot Elisofon
- Medium
- Wood, metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 24.1 × 50.5 × 17 cm (9 1/2 × 19 7/8 × 6 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Decorative Arts
