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- Illustrated in 1928 Travis photograph p. 34
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"- Boger, Ann C. et al. Paul B. Travis Africa 1927-1928. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. PP. 32\u201335, 47.
- It appears on a checklist of \"African Material\" circa 1928 as one of \"3 carved stools used by Ekibondis wives. Mangbettu, Ekibondis Village\" Archives of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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"12/3/1928 letter to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History from Hazel Mountain Walker (Gilpin Players, president) and Harry E. Davis (African Art Sponsors, president) reproduced on p. 54 of Adams, Henry et al. Paul Travis 1891-1975. Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2001.
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"description": "Such stools were highly prized by their female owners. Sculpted by master artists with widespread reputations, they were often \"signed\" with a deeply cut mark on the base. This groove was then filled with red camwood as an expression of blessings and good wishes for the stool's owner.",
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