A small Kwere chair, Tanzania, with a Mwana Hiti head with inset metal and glass bead eyes, the neck bound in copper wire, the backrest carved at the rear, the front and seat covered in animal hide, the centre of the seat with a carved circular recess, on three kegs united by two curved stretchers, 58cm; and a small Tabwa chair, a female head with scarifications above a backrest and seat each with applied metal studs, on three square legs,70.5cm, each of the chairs carved from single trunks

The Von Staranburg Niedenthal Collection