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Prestige stool (Kuo fo), possibly 1800s, Wood, cotton, plant fiber, glass beads, and indigo
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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

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