Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Stool

Subject

Furniture

Description

Tripod stool possibly for royal and ritual use, top carved with decorative bands, supported on tripod legs, with the elephant-bird-fish 'makara' head

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Kandy

Date

1700-1799 (?)

Relation

Full size
Whole

Identifier

nmk44.68.263

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

18th century?

Place of Creation

Kandy

Measurements (H: W: L:)

38.1 x 55.9 cm. (15 x 22 in.)

Materials

Tropical hardwood

Techniques

Hand carved

Features

Kandyan architectural design elements

Notes

Similar stool, Coomaraswamy, A.K., 1908, Pl. Xl., 4

Local name

Banku

Citation

"Stool," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #451, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/451 (accessed May 2, 2026).

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