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Carved wooden Yoruba altar stool with a circular top and figures supporting it, including a central seated figure with a tall headdress.

Altar Stool

A carved wooden stool with a circular seat decorated in incised patterns and a band of geometric motifs. Around the base, several standing and kneeling figures, some holding bowls or vessels, support the seat, with a central seated figure wearing a tall crested headdress. Traces of pigment remain on the wood.

Artist
Yoruba
Date
Mid–/late 19th century
Medium
Wood and pigment
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2181 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1900).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Jamee and Marshall Field, and Mrs. Stanley M. Freehling; Laura T. Magnuson Endowment

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Un taburete de madera tallada con asiento circular decorado con patrones incisos y una banda de motivos geométricos. Alrededor de la base, varias figuras de pie y arrodilladas, algunas sosteniendo recipientes, sostienen el asiento, con una figura central sentada que lleva un alto tocado. Quedan restos de pigmento sobre la madera.

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