Production
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1920 - 1996
esona dwa | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
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esona dwa
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Stool
Stool with an elephant in lieu of supporting legs. Clan stools (dwa) of this kind can have many different forms and functions: from a simple household object to the spiritual centre of an entire ethnic group or nation. The latter are kept in dedicated royal rooms.The elephant stool may only be used by the asantehene (king).
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Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Aschanti
- Object type
- Schemel
- Dimensions
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Width: 250.0 mm
Height: 380.0 mm
Length: 510.0 mm - Material/Technique
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Wood, Carving
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- I/3153
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Provenance and sources
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Production
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Change of legal title:
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when
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13.01.1997
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Africa (location/origin)Ghana (location/origin)
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- Legal status metadata
- CC0 1.0 DEED
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