figural snuff container, unrecorded Chokwe artist

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unrecorded Chokwe artist, figural snuff container
unrecorded Chokwe artist
late 1800s–1908
figural snuff container, late 1800s–1908
Where object was made: Angola
Material/technique: beads; carving; leather; pigment; wood
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 27.5 x 5 x 7 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 10 13/16 x 1 15/16 x 2 3/4 in
Credit line: Gift of Claude D. Brown
Accession number: 2007.5088
Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection," Feb-2000
The scarification on this female figure reflects her maturity and status. The horizontal lines on her public area are called "mikonda" and the scallops above the "mikonda" are called "mahengo." The flexed limbs evoke her readiness to act on behalf of a living descendant.

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