Seated Chief (Mwanangana) Playing Sanza

Chokwe artist

19th century (before 1869)

Seated Chief (Mwanangana) Playing Sanza by Chokwe artist

Medium

Wood (uapaca), cloth, fiber, beads

Dimensions

H. 16 3/4 in. × W. 5 in. × D. 5 1/2 in. (42.5 × 12.7 × 14 cm)

Classification

Wood-Sculpture

Culture

Chokwe

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1988

Accession Number

1988.157

Tags

Musical InstrumentsMen

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