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Object Number
2011.15.1
Display Title
African carved folding chair
Descriptions
Object Description
African carved wood folding chair of very dense wood. Back rest made in two pieces with a carved, interlocking linear design and two cutout sections. Smaller piece has cracked section nearly detached. The back rest is surmounted by two carved, stylized faces atop two curved back rest supports. The chair seat is edged with 10 brass tacks on either side. The end of one of the curved back supports has broken off in the niche into which it slots. There may be a crosswise piece, on which everything hinges for folding, missing.
Inventory Description
Chair, wood, five pieces, carved linear designs, figurative images, linear cut-outs, brass "buttons"
Classification
- Chair
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maroon?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Suriname?
Africa?
Africa?
Materials
Wood Brass Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 30.5 x 96 x 36.5 cm (12 x 37 13/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
2011.15.1
Credit Line
Gift of Baron Serge Alexander Korff, Ph.D.
Provenance
Collector
Serge Alexander Korff Ph.D
Owner
Alice Korff Boardman
(-2011)
Donor
Donated by
Alice Korff Boardman
(-2011)
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