SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Stool

Stool, by 1928, wood
Date
by 1928
Medium
wood
Dimensions
Diameter: 39.1 cm (15 3/8 in.); Overall: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)
Form
Chair
Origin
Africa
Culture
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession
1929.320
Credit line
Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House
In 1928, Paul Travis photographed the Mangbetu queen who once owned this stool as she sat on it.
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