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Three-Legged Stool with Cruciform Pattern
Three-Legged Stool with Cruciform Pattern

Three-Legged Stool with Cruciform Pattern

Dateearly to mid–20th century
Associated withAfrica
MediumWood and pigment
Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 9 1/2 × 9 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (24.1 × 24.8 × 17.1 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LineGift of Ernest Wolfe IV
Object number2019.23.5
On View
On view
ProvenanceLikely created in Meru, Kenya, early to mid–20th century; purchased in Meru by Ernest Ervin Wolfe III, Los Angeles, 1976; transferred to son, Ernest Ervin Wolfe IV, Los Angeles; given to NCMA, 2019.
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