Lucayan Duho (Stool)
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Lucayan Duho (Stool)
1435 - 1515 (Radiocarbon dated)
Wood, Cordia sp.
23 15/64 x 7 7/8 x 24 1/64 in. (59 x 20 x 61 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
97.1.65
Other Number(s):
140 (Temporary Number)
Acquisition Date:
12/09/1997
Geography:
North and Central America, San Salvador
Classification:
Furnishings and Furniture; Furniture
Culture/Nationality:
San Salavadorian Indians, Lucayan?
Collection:
William S. Vaux Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- stools - A seat for one person, often without a back. They were the most common type of seat furniture until the 19th century. Distinct from "benches" in that they seat only one person; usually distinguished from "chairs" in that they have no back; however, tall seating pieces at a bar or counter are called stools though they sometimes have backs. Generally made in two types; one supported on four straight legs and the other with legs arranged crosswise.
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Owner Name: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Role: Donor
Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
Disposal Method: Donation
Ownership End Date: 1998
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Owner Name: Captain Wheeler
Role: Collector
Acquisition Method: Collected on Sal Salvador Island
Ownership Start Date: 1825
Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
- Joanna Ostapkowicz and Fiona Brock. "Paired Dating of Pith and Outer Edge (Terminus) Samples from Pre-Hispanic Caribbean Wooden Sculptures." Radiocarbon 54, no. 3-4 (2012): 677-688.
- Joanna Ostapkowicz and Fiona Brock. "Chronologies in Wood and Resin: AMS 14C Dating of Pre-Hispanic Caribbean Wood Sculpture." Journal of Archaeological Science 39, no. 7 (2012): 2238-2251.
- Joanna Ostapkowicz, ""...either a piece of...domestic furniture of the Indians or one of their Gods"." Journal of Caribbean Archaeology 15 (2015): 62-101, Figure Number: fig. 12 and 13.
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Joanna Ostapkowicz,
Lucayan Legacies: Indigenous Lifeways in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands
Sidestone Press.
https://www.sidestone.com/books/lucayan-legacies, 2023
Figure Number: 4.10, 4.11, 5.37, 5.43
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