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Exhibition

Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection

Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection

February 12, 2000–April 16, 2000

Study Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

These works created by the Chokwe peoples of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo include ceremonial chairs, pipes, baskets, musical instruments and more collected prior to 1915. They are part of the Claude D. Brown Collection at the KU Museum of Anthropology. The exhibition is in conjunction with African American History Month and the 26th Annual Conference of the African Literature Association at KU April 12-16.

Exhibition images

Works of art

lidded snuff box, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

lidded snuff box, late 1800s–1908

figural snuff container, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

figural snuff container, late 1800s–1908

pipe, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

pipe, late 1800s–1908

men's comb, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

men's comb, late 1800s–1914

men's comb, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

men's comb, late 1800s–1914

men's comb, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

men's comb, late 1800s–1914

ngunja (carved stool), unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

ngunja (carved stool), late 1800s–1908

pair of leg rattles, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

pair of leg rattles, late 1800s–1914

ngunja (carved chair), unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

ngunja (carved chair), late 1800s–1908

basket with lid, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

basket with lid, late 1800s–1914

ngunja (carved stool), unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

ngunja (carved stool), late 1800s–1908

carved chair rung, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

carved chair rung, late 1800s–1914

carved chair rung, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

carved chair rung, late 1800s–1914

basket with lid, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

basket with lid, late 1800s–1914

basket with attached lid, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

basket with attached lid, late 1800s–1914

cassava flour sifter, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

cassava flour sifter, late 1800s–1914

whistle, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

whistle, late 1800s–1908

whistle, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

whistle, late 1800s–1908

sansa (thumb piano), unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

sansa (thumb piano), late 1800s–1914

female ancestor figure, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

female ancestor figure, late 1800s–1914

hoe, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

hoe, late 1800s–1908

chief's headdress with plume, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

chief's headdress with plume, early 1900s

beaded headband, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

beaded headband, late 1800s–1908

beaded belt, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

beaded belt, late 1800s–1908

knife with sheath, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

knife with sheath, late 1800s–1914

chimbuya axe?, unrecorded Chokwe artist — unrecorded Chokwe artist

chimbuya axe?, late 1800s–1914

Events

March 16, 2000

Talk

Assistant Professor Reinhild Jamzen, Washburn University, on Chokqe Thrones: Visions of Social Order from Central Africa

7:00–8:00PM

309 Auditorium