Object Details
- Kru artist
- Dan artist
- Label Text
- Small, low chairs similar to this one are used throughout much of Côte d'Ivoire. A chair is typically owned and used by an individual man. It is carried over the shoulder when he leaves his house for a social gathering in the community.
- Description
- Low, plain wood chair composed of thin, curved semi-circular back rail on two side supports that join into two thick cylindrical side pieces. A thin flat platform rests between the two cylinders and the whole chair is supported by four squat legs.
- Provenance
- Hermann Warner Williams, -- to 1964
- Exhibition History
- Art of the Personal Object, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1991-April 9, 2007
- Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual, Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C., March 17, 1982-July 10, 1983
- Published References
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Folklife Programs and Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art. 1982. Celebration: A World of Art and Ritual. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 119, no. 139.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Warner Williams
- Early 20th century
- Object number
- 64-9-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 33 x 36.8 x 27.9 cm (13 x 14 1/2 x 11 in.)
- Geography
- Côte d'Ivoire
- See more items in
- National Museum of African Art Collection
- Object Name
- gba
- National Museum of African Art
- Topic
- Initiation
- Status
- male
- Record ID
- nmafa_64-9-1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys789ebeac6-0893-4129-8e1c-e8eb9b52b06c
Related Content
