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Stool
Stool. Kisii. Kenya. No 104. XII.J.2 Monoxyl stool in light wood, with four legs, the circular seat of which is encrusted with a multitude of small white, blue, red and green glass beads, assembled in floral patterns. "Perhaps the best known products of their crafts are the soapstone carving and the 'Kisii stool' on the seat of which are embedded colored beads in decorative patterns". A. Fedders, C. Salvadori. 1980: 111. See "A Kisii stoolmaker" in A. Fedders, C. Salvadori. 1980: 106
Category: Stool