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Notable's chair
Object Number 11-46-50/83094
Display Title Notable's chair
Descriptions
Object Description Chief's chair. Wooden chair with hide and an array of carved figures.; assembled in ten pieces joined with plugs or dowels. Three figures decorate the back. The central figure is dressed and wears a mask with an elaborately curving headdress. He is flanked by two figures, a woman with a child who is supporting a food basket on her head; and to his PR, a male wearing a bell-like neck piece and is holding a hunting rifle on his PL arm. The two front legs are carved as human figures. The front PL figure wears a cloth tied above her breasts. Four stiles or rungs create a "circle of image". The two front scene with two seated woman; PR, divination process; PL, instument playing; and back, a five-figure divination scene. The underlying structure of the seat is wood and is [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Carved wooden chair, fur-lined seat, leather ties, human figures.
Classification
  • Chair
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chokwe
  • Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Benquilla, 300 mi east of
Materials Wood, Fur, Leather, Metal, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 58 x 26 x 26 cm (22 13/16 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83094
Provenance
Collector Rev. Henry A. Neipp (1906-1910)
Seller Rev. Henry A. Neipp (1911)

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