Chair

Museum number:
5-13454
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013454
Alternate number:
11
Accession number:
Acc.3368
Description:
Chair., Angola, Chokwe. October 14, 1975. 5-13454, acc no. 3368. Orig. No. 11. File code: 4.1 Collector: unknown. Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Silverman. Materials, techniques: Wood, paint, nails, screws. Description: Chair; folding chair; back and seat lt. brown mahogany, black-ptd. wood frame; two seated female with equestrian figure between them at top; 2 male figures front bottom; join between back and seat broken; h. open (as chair) 89 cm., h. folded 1.40 M.
Donor:
Melvin Sherman and Mrs. Melvin Sherman
Collection place:
Angola
Verbatim coll. place:
Angola; Chokwe
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
October 14, 1975.
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Chair, accession number 5-13454, described as Chair., Angola, Chokwe. October 14, 1975. 5-13454, acc no. 3368. Orig. No. 11. File code: 4.1 Collector: unknown. Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Silverman. Materials, techniques: Wood, paint, nails, screws. Description: Chair; folding chair; back and seat lt. brown mahogany, black-ptd. wood frame; two seated female with equestrian figure between them at top; 2 male figures front bottom; join between back and seat broken; h. open (as chair) 89 cm., h. folded 1.40 M.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Chair, accession number 5-13454, described as Chair., Angola, Chokwe. October 14, 1975. 5-13454, acc no. 3368. Orig. No. 11. File code: 4.1 Collector: unknown. Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Silverman. Materials, techniques: Wood, paint, nails, screws. Description: Chair; folding chair; back and seat lt. brown mahogany, black-ptd. wood frame; two seated female with equestrian figure between them at top; 2 male figures front bottom; join between back and seat broken; h. open (as chair) 89 cm., h. folded 1.40 M.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Chair, accession number 5-13454, described as Chair., Angola, Chokwe. October 14, 1975. 5-13454, acc no. 3368. Orig. No. 11. File code: 4.1 Collector: unknown. Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Silverman. Materials, techniques: Wood, paint, nails, screws. Description: Chair; folding chair; back and seat lt. brown mahogany, black-ptd. wood frame; two seated female with equestrian figure between them at top; 2 male figures front bottom; join between back and seat broken; h. open (as chair) 89 cm., h. folded 1.40 M.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chair, accession number 5-13454, described as Chair., Angola, Chokwe. October 14, 1975. 5-13454, acc no. 3368. Orig. No. 11. File code: 4.1 Collector: unknown. Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Silverman. Materials, techniques: Wood, paint, nails, screws. Description: Chair; folding chair; back and seat lt. brown mahogany, black-ptd. wood frame; two seated female with equestrian figure between them at top; 2 male figures front bottom; join between back and seat broken; h. open (as chair) 89 cm., h. folded 1.40 M.

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