File:Brooklyn Museum 22.1522 Top for a Stool Agba.jpg
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English: Top for a Stool (Agba) ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Top for a Stool (Agba) |
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English: Carved rectangular board of hard wood. In center a man holding ebere and a bifurcated scepture, ending in clenched hands. Tunic and winged headdress of coral beads. At left of figure a synthesis of snake with fins or leaves comming from body. To right, a beaker, a leopard, a bottle with handle; at each corner a strip ornamented with three rosettes. Through each rosette is a wood dowel. Two grooves excavated at the back to attach to panels (now missing) which would form the legs of the stool. |
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English: 1914-1922 |
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Dimensions | 12 3/16 x 20 7/8 x 1 in. (31 x 53 x 2.5 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q632682 |
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Credit line | Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1522_top_PS5.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Brooklyn Museum
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