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Part of a chair
The collection record classifies this work as furniture and woodwork. It is dated 1900s. Recorded culture or place: Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu style, unknown carver.
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- Museum title
- Part of a chair
- Date
- 1900s
- Culture / origin
- Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mangbetu style, unknown carver
- Materials and technique
- Wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 49.9 x 2.6 x 4.6 cm (19 5/8 x 1 x 1 13/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1929.323
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This wooden piece is part of a folding chair. Along with a similarly shaped and ornamented piece, it was part of the frame for the plaited reed seat. The holes were functional and allowed the frame of the chair to open or close. The most elaborate decoration was reserved for the upper back of the chair. The simple carving at the top of this fragment depicts a Mangbetu woman with an elongated head.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House · CC0
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