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- unknown Chokwe maker
- ngunja (carved stool), late 1800s–1908
- Where object was made: Angola
- wood, hide, carving
- Object Height/Width/Depth: 25.5 x 27 x 26.5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth: 10 1/16 x 10 5/8 x 10 3/8 in - Gift of Claude D. Brown
- Not on display
- 2007.3155
- unknown Chokwe maker
- Open page with bookmarkable url
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The four legged stool has a stretched hide seat. Two opposing stretchers are decorated with two toads. One stretcher is decorated with a standing female figure with breasts and a prominent navel and labia. The other is decorated with a standing male figure with a prominent penis. Both human figures have their hands resting on their lower abdomens.