Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection
Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection
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

unrecorded Chokwe artist, lidded snuff box
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, figural snuff container
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, pipe
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, men's comb
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, men's comb
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, men's comb
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, ngunja (carved stool)
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, pair of leg rattles
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, ngunja (carved chair)
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, basket with lid
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, ngunja (carved stool)
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, carved chair rung
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, carved chair rung
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, basket with lid
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, basket with attached lid
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, cassava flour sifter
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, whistle
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, whistle
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, sansa (thumb piano)
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, female ancestor figure
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, hoe
unrecorded Chokwe artist
hoe
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, chief's headdress with plume
unrecorded Chokwe artist
early 1900s
unrecorded Chokwe artist, beaded headband
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, beaded belt
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, knife with sheath
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, chimbuya axe?
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1914

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