Wood Rectangular Stool

The hole in the side says it once had another job.

This rectangular stool is made of wood. Low wooden blocks like this have served as seats in many cultures, and solid timber is often reused from beams, troughs or tools. Here a single heavy block has been squared roughly, its top weathered pale and its sides darker and scored with deep grain. A square hole cuts straight through one long side. The edges are rounded and softened by wear. It is 17 inches wide, 10.5 deep and 9 high.

Low, heavy and in no rush to go anywhere.