Chair · Africa
Prestige stool (Kuo fo)
Maker unknown · Africa · possibly 1800s
The beads on this stool were sewn on by hand. Look underneath the stool, however, and you can see commercially made printed fabric.
— Cleveland Museum of Art, catalogue text
- Medium
- Wood, cotton, plant fiber, glass beads, and indigo
- Dimensions
- Overall: 51 x 38 x 43 cm (20 1/16 x 14 15/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
- Accession
- 2006.138
- Credit line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Culture
- Africa, Central Africa, Cameroon, Bandjoun Kingdom, Bamileke makers