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Object Number 20-29-50/B2216
Display Title Throne seat of the chief of the tribe - four legs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Furniture components, 1 fencelike piece, 4 lollipop-shaped and 4 posts, incised
Classification
  • Furniture
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa; Ndumbe
Dimensions Overall: 124.6 x 5.6 x 7.4 cm (49 1/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity 13
Label on object B-2216
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1919-1920)

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