Small Waodäni Stool
FUR.000127
Furniture
1950s
Ecuador
N/A
Wood
8.6 × 14 × 12.5 in. (22 × 36 × 32 cm)
Not on View
This small wooden stool was made in Ecuador by the Waodäni people for Valerie, Jim and Elisabeth Elliot’s daughter. Jim and Elisabeth became missionaries in the 1950s to people living in the remote regions of the Ecuadorian Amazon. After Jim’s death, Elisabeth returned as a missionary to Ecuador. This stool was kept by Elisabeth as a reminder of her time living among the tribe in the late 1950s.
Created in the 1950s by the Waodäni people, Ecuador; Gifted in the 1950s to Valerie Elliot (b. 1955); Ownership assumed by Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015); Via widowerhood in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
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