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Exhibition HistoryInaugural installation: African Gallery (210), Palmer Museum of Art, June 1, 2024 – present; African Brilliance: A Diplomat's Sixty Years of Collecting, Palmer Museum of Art, February 8 – May 24, 2020 (closed March 17, 2020 due to the pandemic).Published ReferencesPurdy, Janet M., "Catalogue 61: Stool (Nta Za Nyao), Swahili People, Tanzania or Kenya” African Brilliance: A Diplomat’s Sixty Years of Collecting, Palmer Museum of Art, 2020, https://exhibitions.psu.edu/s/african-brilliance/page/catalogue-61.
Stool
Artist
Unknown artist(s)
Date20th century
MediumWood and raffia
DimensionsOverall Inches: 9 x 18 x 18-3/4 inches; Overall Centimeters: 22.9 x 45.7 x 47.6 cm
Credit LineGift of Allen and Barbara Davis in memory of Margaret F. Plass
Object number2016.184
Collections
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Object NameDecorative arts
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureSwahili
GeographyAfrica
On View
On viewCentury
- Twentieth