ngunja (carved chair), unrecorded Chokwe artist

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unrecorded Chokwe artist, ngunja (carved chair)
unrecorded Chokwe artist, ngunja (carved chair)
unrecorded Chokwe artist
ngunja (carved chair)
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Chokwe artist, artist
ngunja (carved chair), late 1800s–1908
Where object was made: Angola
Material/technique: leather; wood; hide; carving
Credit line: Gift of Claude D. Brown
Accession number: 2007.3152
Not on display
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Archive label, date unknown:
7. SLIT DRUM
On this bar, one of the men is playing a slit drum, chinguvu, so named becuase of the slit-like openings in the top. These are a type of signal drum, played with drumsticks having round tops made of rubber.

Exhibitions

African Carved Ivory: Local images and global connections of a 19th century Loango tusk
2005