Amazonian Stool

Date: mid 19th century
Country of origin: Rio Negro River region, in upper Brazil
Material:wood, pigment
Dimensions: L: 15 3/8” x W: 7 1/4” x H: 5 1/4”
Description: Tukanoan people’s painted wood stool with painted textile pattern. Used by Shamans. On the bottom slat, there is an old label giving collection date as 1924. cf cf Tafel 17, P.97 “Brazilainische Reise, 1817-1820, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt,1994