Country/Region of Manufacture: Congo

Culture: African

Title	Chokwe Stool Figure from Congo African Arta
County of origin	Democratic Republic of Congo
People	chokwe
Type of object	Stool
Materials	Wood
Approx. size	30 cm-- 12 inches high by 25 cm-10 inches wide.

Additional Information: The Chokwe share stylistic elements with a number of distinct but related peoples in Angola and the Congo . The most prominent of these peoples are the Chokwe but also includes the Ovimbundu, Lunda, Lwena, Luvala, Minungu, Mbwela, Songo and Imbangala. This is an area that has shared stylistic elements and figural forms based upon common mythologies and ritual practices possibly showing influences of Tabwa or Luba sculptural styles. Figures such as this could be found among a number of these groups and at the same time she may indeed not come from this large constellation of differing peoples but from a neighboring group influenced by them.

Recommended Reading:
Jordan, M. ed., Chokwe, Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related peoples. 1998.