Colonial figure

NameFigure

CultureKuba

Place madeDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

MediumWood, stain, pigments

DimensionsOverall: 25 3/16 x 7 3/16 x 6 5/8 in. (64 x 18.2 x 16.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Greg LaChapelle

Object numberA.2011.20.37

DescriptionLarge seated figure of African man wearing a short sleeved shirt (with traces of yellow pigment remaining), shorts, bush hat, high socks and black shoes. He holds a book in his proper left hand. His face is decorated with scarification marks on the cheeks and over the upper lip. He sits in a high backed chair with carved half circles and hatched, alternating zigzag triangles. His legs serve for the front legs of the chair.