Settee for Wanstead House

Loam (Late 19th Century)
Motu culture, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Clay, metal, glass

Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, ST/1050, ST/1051, ST/1052

From the exhibition:

Frontier Shores: Collection, Entanglement, and the Manufacture of Identity in Oceania

Settee for Wanstead House (before 1731)
William Kent (1685–1748)
United Kingdom
Carved gilt wood, upholstery

Rievaulx Terrace and Temples, National Trust

From the exhibition:

William Kent: Designing Georgian Britain

Male figure with strips of hide (Nkisi)

Male figure with strips of hide (Nkisi). Kongo, 19th century. Wood, hide, glass, mirror. Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expeditions 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1455.