Stool
<p>The Igbo people are known for their elaborate system of ranked titles for both men and women. Climbing within this hierarchy requires considerable investment of resources, social capital, and time. Titles come with responsibilities and restrictions but also with privileges that include the right to regalia and status objects such as this stool. Comprising two levels of interlocking supports carved from a single block of wood, this stool was acquired by an Irish missionary in Nigeria before 1911.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1875
- Dimensions
- 57.2 × 36.2 × 35 cm (22 1/2 × 14 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Igbo
Artist
Igbo is the principal native language of the Igbo people, an ethnicity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria.
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
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