Ngombe. <em>Chief's Seat (Ekele)</em>, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, brass, 13 3/8 x 20 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34 x 52.1 x 26.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.877. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.877_bw.jpg)

Ngombe. Chief's Seat (Ekele), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, brass, 13 3/8 x 20 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34 x 52.1 x 26.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.877. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.877_bw.jpg)

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Why were these four chairs placed together?

They show a style of seating that was used in various places, during various times and how the idea of a stool evolved. There was also a direct cross-cultural influence of traditional African craft on European modernism in the early 20th century.That display is actually a wonderful example of what "Connecting Cultures" as a whole attempts to convey.

Chief's Seat (Ekele)

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Ngombe

MEDIUM Wood, brass

Place Made: Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

DATES late 19th or early 20th century

DIMENSIONS 13 3/8 x 20 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34 x 52.1 x 26.7 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa

ACCESSION NUMBER 22.877

CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Ngombe. Chief's Seat (Ekele), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, brass, 13 3/8 x 20 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34 x 52.1 x 26.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.877. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.877_bw.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 22.877_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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