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Stool, by 1928, wood
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Chair · Africa

Stool

Maker unknown · Africa · by 1928

In 1928, Paul Travis photographed the Mangbetu queen who once owned this stool as she sat on it.

— Cleveland Museum of Art, catalogue text
Medium
wood
Dimensions
Diameter: 39.1 cm (15 3/8 in.); Overall: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)
Accession
1929.320
Credit line
Gift of the Gilpin Players of Karamu House
Culture
Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker
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