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Ceremonial Chair or Throne (citwamo ca mangu), 1800s, Wood, upholstery studs, leather

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Chair · Africa

Ceremonial Chair or Throne (citwamo ca mangu)

Maker unknown · Africa · 1800s

Starting around the 1500s, Chokwe and other African leaders and traders received fine chairs as gifts from Portuguese traders. Chokwe leaders adapted this symbol of power as their own, using it in tandem with stools, an earlier kind of prestige seat.

— Cleveland Museum of Art, catalogue text

Medium: Wood, upholstery studs, leather
Dimensions: Overall: 107 x 55 x 55 cm (42 1/8 x 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Accession: 2024.140
Credit line: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Culture: Africa, Central Africa, Angola, Chokwe-style carver

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