Artist
Unknown African
CultureBabanki peoples
Titles
- Chief's Stool
DateEarly 20th century
PlaceCameroon Grassfields
MediumWood, beads, and string
DimensionsOverall: 16 3/8 × 15 1/4 in. diam (41.6 × 38.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2022.109
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
[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
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown African
1870–1900
Wood, sacrificial matter, cotton cloth, string, and glass beads
91.237
Unknown African
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
Unknown North American
1900–1945
Painted wood, leather, cloth, feathers, evergreen twigs, beads, string
44.415
Unknown North American
1910–1940
Wood, paint, feather, horsehair, glass beads, and string
44.414
Unknown African
1875–1925
Wood, glass beads, and traces of tukula
91.1449