Chief's Stool

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CultureBabanki peoples

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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

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Department

African Art

Object Type

FURNITURE

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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