Chair

Museum number:
5-11724
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011724
Alternate number:
57-13-16 (associated catalog number, M.H. de Young Museum (Fine Art Museums of San Francisco)) and B-527 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819, Acc.2916, and Acc.3219
Description:
Chair, Zaire, Chokwe (Tu-Chokwe). March, 1976. 5-11724, acc no. 3219, file code 3.1. Collector: Axel M. Peterson. Donor: Exchange with M.H. DeYoung Mem. <us. for 5-3202 (Univ. Endowment Fund). Materials, techniques: carved dark brown wood Context of use: (includes role in trade) Chief's chair. The standing female figures represent female ancestral couple. Description: Chair; small carved dark brown wood chair; posts at rear surmounted by standing anthropomorphic female figures; panel in-between has incised geom. designs and mask-like anthropomorphic head; 4 stretchers carved with incised geom. designs; h. 41 cm.; w. seat 22 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Zaire, Central Africa, Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Zaire; Chokwe (Tu Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Axel M. Peterson
Collection date:
March, 1976
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Chair, accession number 5-11724, described as Chair, Zaire, Chokwe (Tu-Chokwe). March, 1976. 5-11724, acc no. 3219, file code 3.1. Collector: Axel M. Peterson. Donor: Exchange with M.H. DeYoung Mem. <us. for 5-3202 (Univ. Endowment Fund). Materials, techniques: carved dark brown wood Context of use: (includes role in trade) Chief's chair. The standing female figures represent female ancestral couple. Description: Chair; small carved dark brown wood chair; posts at rear surmounted by standing anthropomorphic female figures; panel in-between has incised geom. designs and mask-like anthropomorphic head; 4 stretchers carved with incised geom. designs; h. 41 cm.; w. seat 22 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Chair, accession number 5-11724, described as Chair, Zaire, Chokwe (Tu-Chokwe). March, 1976. 5-11724, acc no. 3219, file code 3.1. Collector: Axel M. Peterson. Donor: Exchange with M.H. DeYoung Mem. <us. for 5-3202 (Univ. Endowment Fund). Materials, techniques: carved dark brown wood Context of use: (includes role in trade) Chief's chair. The standing female figures represent female ancestral couple. Description: Chair; small carved dark brown wood chair; posts at rear surmounted by standing anthropomorphic female figures; panel in-between has incised geom. designs and mask-like anthropomorphic head; 4 stretchers carved with incised geom. designs; h. 41 cm.; w. seat 22 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Chair, accession number 5-11724, described as Chair, Zaire, Chokwe (Tu-Chokwe). March, 1976. 5-11724, acc no. 3219, file code 3.1. Collector: Axel M. Peterson. Donor: Exchange with M.H. DeYoung Mem. <us. for 5-3202 (Univ. Endowment Fund). Materials, techniques: carved dark brown wood Context of use: (includes role in trade) Chief's chair. The standing female figures represent female ancestral couple. Description: Chair; small carved dark brown wood chair; posts at rear surmounted by standing anthropomorphic female figures; panel in-between has incised geom. designs and mask-like anthropomorphic head; 4 stretchers carved with incised geom. designs; h. 41 cm.; w. seat 22 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chair, accession number 5-11724, described as Chair, Zaire, Chokwe (Tu-Chokwe). March, 1976. 5-11724, acc no. 3219, file code 3.1. Collector: Axel M. Peterson. Donor: Exchange with M.H. DeYoung Mem. <us. for 5-3202 (Univ. Endowment Fund). Materials, techniques: carved dark brown wood Context of use: (includes role in trade) Chief's chair. The standing female figures represent female ancestral couple. Description: Chair; small carved dark brown wood chair; posts at rear surmounted by standing anthropomorphic female figures; panel in-between has incised geom. designs and mask-like anthropomorphic head; 4 stretchers carved with incised geom. designs; h. 41 cm.; w. seat 22 cm.

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