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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11324488, member: 8267&quot;]Welcome, [USER=96489]@the-craig[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see any &quot;primitive&quot; toolmarks, such as an adze or chisel would leave, even on the bottom. The square and arch forms might suggest a western esthetic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where did you find it? It might not have travelled very far from its origin. I can see it having been made as a seat for a particular craft that was carried out close to the ground. But it does not show much sign of use, such as a dished seat or wear along the front edge.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The hole in the back was for the sitter&#039;s tail. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, the way the grain moves around the hole (visible on the back of the chair) would indicate it was a knothole in the original tree.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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