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Claude Brown Collection #216, ca. 1910-1915. Chokwe, Angola, 126 artifacts + 56 photos.

Claude Brown was also a graduate of KU School of Engineering. Much of his collection was assembled by Brown near the Portuguese diamond mining operation he joined along the Kasai River, near the 10th and 11th parallels, and near the Lobito to Luanda railroad. The collection includes large and small examples of Chokwe carved chairs in the Renaissance" style, baskets and flour sifters, a smith's bellows and tools made of finely crafted iron (arrowheads, adzes, axes, knives), musical instruments, ceremonial adornments, and beaded crowns. Fifty-six photos by Brown illustrate his journey from Luanda inland by rail and ox caravan, as well as the mining operation and a few local communities and their artists.

Crowns & Headdresses

00.1703

Crown

21 cm high 34 cm wide

00.1703

 

3-D View

 

E-508

Crown

38 cm high 26.5 cm wide

E-508

 

3-D View

 

E-504

Headdress

E-506

11.5 cm high 18 cm wide

E-506

E-507

Headdress

7.5 cm high 15.3 cm wide

 

E-503

Headdress

111 cm long

E-501

Headdress

28 cm long

E-502

Headdress


Basketry

Containers used to store manic or flour.

E-549

23 cm long

E-550

24 cm long

E-551

40 cm long

E-552

45 cm long

FF

E-553

26.5 cm high 22.5 wide

FF

E-554

27.5 cm high 24.5 wide

E-586

27.5 cm high 21 wide

E-587

40 cm high 20 wide


Thrones

E-575

43 cm high 23 cm wide 24 cm diameter

E-576

45 cm high 25 cm wide 25 cm diameter

E-577

47 cm high 24 cm wide 23 cm diameter

E-578

49 cm high 26 cm wide 27 cm diameter

E-579

E-579

45.5 cm high 30 cm wide 32.5 cm diameter

E-579

E-580

52 cm high 28.5 cm wide

E-580 (back)

E-580

E-580

E-581

62.5 cm high 33 cm wide

E-581

E-581

E-581

 

3-D View

E-581

E-581

E-581

E-582

79 cm high 42 cm wide 39.5 cm diameter

E-582 (backrest)

 

E-582

E-582

E-582

E-582

E-582

E-582

E-583

73 cm high 31 cm wide

E-583 (back)

E-583

E-583

E-583

E-583

E-583

E-583

E-584

115 cm high 44 cm wide 39 cm diameter

E-584 (back)

E-584

E-584

E-584

E-584

E-584

Chair Rungs

E-567

21 cm long

E-568

30 cm long

E-568

E-569

32 cm long

E-569

E-569

  

 

Stools

E-570

15.5 cm high 17.5 cm wide

E-573

25 cm high 33 cm wide 26 cm diameter

E-571

16 cm high 20 cm wide 19.5 cm diameter

E-572

25 cm high 33 cm wide 26

 

E-588

12.5 cm high 18.5 cm wide

E-574

30 cm high 27.5 cm wide

 

Thumb Pianos

E-513

11 cm long 7.5 cm wide

E-514

13.5 cm long 7.5 cm wide

E-515

21 cm long 12.5 cm wide

E-516

20 cm long 15 cm wide

E-517

22.5 cm long 17.5 cm wide

E-518

23.5 cm long 17 cm wide

E-519

26.5 cm long 17 cm wide

 

Knives & Staffs

E-522

Knife 18.5 cm long

Sheath 15 cm long

E-527

17.5 cm long


E- 543

Knife 16 cm long

Sheath 15 cm long

E-521

Knife 15 cm long

Sheath 13.5 cm long

E-523

Knife 16 cm long

Sheath 15 cm long

E-525

15 cm long

E-526

17.5 cm long

E-560

Staff

76 cm long

E-598

Staff

95 cm long

E-600

Dagger

56 cm long

E-602

Arrow

72 cm long 3 cm wide

E-603

Spear

119 cm long 4 cm wide


Axes, Swards, Arrows, and Hoes

E-530

Chokwe ceremonial axe

35 cm long

3-D View

E-535

42.5 cm long


E-529

35.5 cm long

E-531

Axe

 

E-532

39 cm long

E-533

42.5 cm long

E-534

42.5 cm long

E-536

Hoe

32.5 cm long

E-537

Hoe

E-538

46 cm long

E-539

Dagger

40 cm long

E-540

Dagger

40 cm long

E-541

Dagger

42 cm long

E-542

Dagger

51 cm long

E-544

Saber

72.5 cm long

E-545

Saber

75 cm long

E-597

Quiver with Arrows

55 cm long 17.5 cm wide

E-599

Hoe

35 cm long 17 cm wide

E-609

Axe

42 cm long 21.5 cm wide

E-604C

Bow

157 cm long

E-604A

Bow

157 cm long

E-604B

Bow

157 cm long


Whistles

E-510

8.5 cm high

E-511

8.5 cm high

E-607

7.5 cm high



Smoking pipes

E-490

20 cm long

E-491

23 cm long

E-492

71 cm long

FFF

E-494

27.5 cm high

FF

E-493

27.5 cm high



Trumpet & Rattle

E-489

36.5 cm long

E-566

25.5 cm long 15.5 cm wide



Comb

E-498

17.5 cm long

E-495

13 cm long

E-496

15 cm long

E-497

16 cm long

Mask, Billow, Bustles & Figurines

00.1695

Chokwe Mask for puberty ceremonies

61 cm high 38 cm wide

Sideview

With Ears Extended

Bottom View

E-488

Figurine

22.5 cm high

E-1674

Figurine

37 cm high 8 cm wide

E-520

Bellows

48 cm long

3-D View

E-2072

Bustle made from Raffia and Palm fiber

77 cm long 13 cm wide

E-2703

Bustle Frag

57 cm long 10.5 cm wide

Snuff Containers

E-485

7.5 cm high

E-486

11.5 cm high

E-487

11.2 cm high

Shields

E-561

115 cm long

 

E-562

115 cm long

E-563

115 cm long

 

Spoons & Rope

E-546

32 cm long

E-547

37.5 cm long

E-548

32 cm long 10 cm wide

E-590

Rope made out of Plant Fiber

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