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Prestige Chair, 1800s, Wood and paint

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Chair · Africa

Prestige Chair

Maker unknown · Africa · 1800s

A British soldier acquired this work in Cameroon during the First World War.

— Cleveland Museum of Art, catalogue text

Medium: Wood and paint
Dimensions: Overall: 80.7 x 53.3 x 44.5 cm (31 3/4 x 21 x 17 1/2 in.)
Accession: 1983.33
Credit line: Gift in memory of his parents, Wheeler B. and Dorothy Preston by Mary and John Preston
Culture: Africa, Central Africa, Cameroon, Babanki-style maker

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