Side view (left) | Photographer: Martin Franken | Rights management: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalA three-legged chair with a thin human figure carved into the back of the high backrest. The hands protrude to the side and the head, with white circles around the eyes, protrudes over the backrest. Main historical catalogue: "Chair in the shape of the usual Wanyamwesi chairs, but with a high backrest. On the back of the latter a carved human figure with head and hands protruding over the backrest. 107 cm h., diameter of the seat 35 cm. Ebendaher [= from the tembe of the Sultana of Buruku]"
Cataloguing data
Width: 43 cm
Depth: 44 cm
Weight: 8,2 kg
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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