Imbizo Stool

Chuma Maweni South African

2018–21

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 508

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Title: Imbizo Stool
Artist: Chuma Maweni (South African, born 1976)
Date: 2018–21
Medium: Carved glazed ceramic
Dimensions: 16 9/16 × 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (42 × 35 × 35 cm)
Classification: Furniture
Credit Line: Purchase, Wendy Fisher Gift, 2021
Object Number: 2021.281
Rights and Reproduction: © Chuma Maweni, Courtesy Southern Guild Gallery
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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