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A disc-shaped seat is supported by a turtle-like animal with a human head on its back. A man with a chieftain's cap on his head sits on the back edge of the seat.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bamileke (Bamiléké)
Object type
Stool
Dimensions
Gewicht: 19,8 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 96 x 57 x 58 cm (Lagermaß)
Material/Technique
Wood, Earth patina
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 22793

Provenance and sources

when
19th century (2nd half of the)
where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
Dschang [Bezirk]
who
Bamileke (Bamiléké)

who
Gnügge - Former Possessors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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