The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Prestige Stool: Mother and Child Caryatid

Prestige Stool: Mother and Child Caryatid

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Prestige Stool: Mother and Child Caryatid

Date:: 19th–20th century
Geography:: Angola
Culture:: Chokwe peoples
Medium:: Wood, brass rings, pigment, copper wire (?)
Dimensions:: H. 13 x Diam. 9 1/2 in. (33 x 24.1cm)
Classification:: Wood-Furniture
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1971
Accession Number:: 1978.412.633

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