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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 3632720, member: 301&quot;]Over the course of numerous encounters with European traders as early as the seventeenth century, Chokwe chiefs appropriated the design of certain types of Western artifacts. The seats of office, or &quot;thrones,&quot; of Chokwe chiefs, with backs, leather-covered seats, and decorative brass tacks, are modeled upon European chairs. The decoration of the chair, however, remains distinctly Chokwe in style. The elaborate figurative scenes depicted on this and other seats of office are designed as symbolic microcosms of life and represent the breadth of a leader&#039;s concerns and responsibilities. The back uprights contain scenes from the spiritual aspect of life, including depictions of ancestors or chiefs...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]307806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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