Object Number | 62-3-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Badjok |
Provenience | Angola |
Locus | Belgian Congo | Kasai Dist. |
Date Made | 1800-1899 |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Iconography | Humans | Baboon | Drummers | Scenes |
Description | Wood; blackened. Portuguese type. Face mask on back of chair; on back splat, human figure and baboon; seat carved to imitate tooled leather; human figures for forelegs. Side splats: natives playing a game; three drummers with drum; circumcision ceremony; two natives carrying a canopied litter. |
Height | 82.1 cm |
Length | 30.1 cm |
Width | 31.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Webster (Margaret Freuer) Plass, 1962 |
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