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More model informationThis Chieftain’s Stool, made of wood, was created by an unidentified Akan artist. Stools were literal representations of rulership and most contained animal imagery. The Chieftain’s Stool contains a leopard holding up the seat, which represents power and nature in society. The dating of the object is vague. The object was made before 1959, where it was first shown in an exhibition at the Penn Museum, but besides the artist’s culture and rough geographic location, little is known about the creation of this stool.
Research Attribution: Luke Harrenstein, Villanova University, with supervision from Dr. Hilary Whitham Sánchez
Feb 19th 2022
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