MSSU African Art Exibit : The MSSU African Art collection features a variety of authentic works of art from various tribes located throughout Central Africa. The objects in the collection range from mundane day to day grooming tools to ritualistic masks and statues.
Title:
Spider Stool
Object Name:
Stool, Spider Motif, Wood
Other Name:
Bamun or Bamilike
Place of Origin:
Bamun or Bamilike, Cameroon, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
H = 11"
D = 12"

Description:
Elaborately carved wooden Bamun or Bamilike spider stool. Spider carvings in four places around circular stool, with legs spreading horzontially in either direction from center of spider. Flat top, with hallowed—out bottom. Covered in dark brown patina.
Collection:
Ben Pickard — Pickard Art Galleries
Material:
Wood
Used:
Decorative Use
Technique:
Carving
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2015.6.1
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