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Pictish cross-slab (#27) shows servant sitting behind master's chair at Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum. Meigle, Scotland. | Basalt relief carving of King Barrakib on throne & his scribe with inscription writing in Aramaic from Sam'al (Zincirli) in Turkey at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Egyptian wood & ivory chair (c1400-1292 BCE / Dynasty 18) at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY. | Cameroon Grassfields ceremonial chair (early 20thC) at Fowler Museum. Los Angeles, CA. |
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Royal stool (early-mid 19thC) & royal palace posts (late 19th-early 20thC) from Cameroon at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Wood stool supported by kneeling female figure (19th-20thC) by Luba culture of Democratic Republic of the Congo at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX. | Chief's chair (19thC) from Angola at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY. | Colima pottery man & woman on bench (200 BCE-500 CE) at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA. |
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Cauca culture terra cotta statuette of warrior sitting on chair (1000 - 1600) from Colombia at Musée du quai Branly. Paris, France. | Manta culture stone Shamanic bench (500 - 1500 CE) from Ecuador at Musée du quai Branly. Paris, France. | Inca culture wooden stool (1350-1530) for high official in form of jaguar at Musée du quai Branly. Paris, France. | Angoram magistrate's chair carved with woman giving birth to two snakes represents the scales of justice. Papua New Guinea. |
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Gulf region bull-roarer, Sepik River debating stool, & Tami Islands architectural panel (late 19th-early 20thC) from Papua New Guinea at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX. | Latmul-culture wooden orator's stool (1900) from Papua New Guinea at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO. | Heiltsuk chief's settee (c1908) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY. | Carved Chinese bench in hall at McFaddin-Ward House. Beaumont, TX. |
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300-year old Wishing Chair in Chinese Room of Smith Tower. Seattle, WA. |
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