Chair

Museum number:
5-7946
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007946
Alternate number:
19 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
Chair for chief/chair; 4 legged wooden chair; legs carved; open back; joined with brass plating; height: 52.5 cm, width: 31 cm. Furniture for chief; status symbol, symbol of office
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Bokeza village (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Chair, accession number 5-7946, described as Chair for chief/chair; 4 legged wooden chair; legs carved; open back; joined with brass plating; height: 52.5 cm, width: 31 cm. Furniture for chief; status symbol, symbol of officeHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Chair, accession number 5-7946, described as Chair for chief/chair; 4 legged wooden chair; legs carved; open back; joined with brass plating; height: 52.5 cm, width: 31 cm. Furniture for chief; status symbol, symbol of officeHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Chair, accession number 5-7946, described as Chair for chief/chair; 4 legged wooden chair; legs carved; open back; joined with brass plating; height: 52.5 cm, width: 31 cm. Furniture for chief; status symbol, symbol of officeHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Chair, accession number 5-7946, described as Chair for chief/chair; 4 legged wooden chair; legs carved; open back; joined with brass plating; height: 52.5 cm, width: 31 cm. Furniture for chief; status symbol, symbol of office
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chair, accession number 5-7946, described as Chair for chief/chair; 4 legged wooden chair; legs carved; open back; joined with brass plating; height: 52.5 cm, width: 31 cm. Furniture for chief; status symbol, symbol of office

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