Chief's Stool

CultureBabanki peoples
Titles
  • Chief's Stool
Dateearly 20th century
PlaceCameroon Grassfields
MediumWood, beads, and string
Dimensions16 7/8 × 15 3/4 × 15 7/16 in. (42.8 × 40 × 39.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2022.109
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceChief Vugha II, of Babanki Kijem, Bamenda Province [1]; [...]; [Davis Gallery, New Orleans]; Frank Carroll, Houston, September 1996; given to MFAH, 2022.

[1] Paul Gebauer (1900-1977), in situ photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Photograph Study Collection, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Bequest of Paul Gebauer, 1977. PSC 1977, 1.201, Roll 201, Frames 13-19, 29, 36, and Contact Sheet 201, dated Oct. 1940.
Exhibition HistoryThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, permanent exhibition, September 1, 2005 - November, 2021
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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