210376 Catalog Card

Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22- | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Stool | Material: Wood | Description: Seat carved in low relief with geometric and curvilinear designs. On the top are 3 bands containing guilloche motifs. The legs, sides, and ends are carved with rosette and guilloche forms and linear patterns. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) Top l: 63.2; w. 33.6; thick 3.2 Height: 40.3 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210376 | Field No. 305 R. 1/25 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
Attribution: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
How we are licensing our collections data and images
Department(s)
  • Anthropology
Creator(s)
  • Scanner: Aidan Hercules : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
  • Project leader: Mr. Christopher J. Philipp : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
  • Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
Physical Size and Format: PDF document
Citation: Courtesy of: A. Hercules, C. J. Philipp, J. W. Kennedy. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/febda4a1-ce8e-48f7-a7cc-868354b58a9c (accessed on 31 Jul 2023)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/359/807/210376CC.pdf
Associated Catalog Number(s)
  • 210376.nosub[1]
Associated Specimen(s)
Taxon Coverage
  • 2205: West Africa: ceremonial, magical
Related Geography: Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Africa
scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22- | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Stool | Material: Wood | Description: Seat carved in low relief with geometric and curvilinear designs. On the top are 3 bands containing guilloche motifs. The legs, sides, and ends are carved with rosette and guilloche forms and linear patterns. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) Top l: 63.2; w. 33.6; thick 3.2 Height: 40.3 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210376 | Field No. 305 R. 1/25 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
IRN: 359807
GUID: febda4a1-ce8e-48f7-a7cc-868354b58a9c