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Chair
Chair

Chair

Label TextChairs for reclining can take the form of large commas whose support of the spine accommodates sitting for long hours. Stools with three legs require an upright posture for daily use. Such furniture becomes intimately linked with the owner's spirit after decades of sitting. Where portraits are not created in other media, the chair or stool becomes akin to one. Often the stools rest on the family ancestral shrine to serve as a vehicle for communication from one generation to the next.
Object number81.17.100
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Elegant Plain Art: Art from the Shaker World and Beyond, July 7, 1999 - Feb. 1, 2001.
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions24 7/16 x 5 13/16 x 23 1/8 in. (62.1 x 14.8 x 58.8 cm)
MediumWood
Chair
Burkina Faso
Object number: 81.17.98
Burkina Faso
Object number: 81.17.99
Game board
Burkina Faso
Object number: 81.17.103
Doll
Burkina Faso
20th century
Object number: 81.17.116
Doll
Burkina Faso
20th century
Object number: 81.17.117
Doll
Burkina Faso
20th century
Object number: 81.17.118
Doll
Burkina Faso
20th century
Object number: 81.17.119
Doll
Burkina Faso
20th century
Object number: 81.17.120
Burkina Faso
Object number: 81.17.161
Burkina Faso
Object number: 81.17.219
Burkina Faso
Object number: 81.17.1719
Blanket
Burkina Faso
19th-20th century
Object number: 81.17.171