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title: Chokwe Sculpture, Angola
author: Brooklyn Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14383/chokwe-sculpture-angola/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Chokwe Sculpture, Angola
_Authored by Brooklyn Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14383.jpg)
## Image Caption
A wooden Chokwe [sculpture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Sculpture/), Angola, 19th century. The figure is female, likely royal, and has been hollowed out for use as a container for snuff with the head as the stopper. (Brooklyn Museum, New York)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, B. (2021, July 09). Chokwe Sculpture, Angola. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, Brooklyn. "Chokwe Sculpture, Angola." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 09, 2021. .
### MLA
Museum, Brooklyn. "Chokwe Sculpture, Angola." *World History Encyclopedia*, 09 Jul 2021, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_22.1089_Snuff_Container_Tesa_Ya_Ma_Kanya_(3).jpg) by [**Brooklyn Museum**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_22.1089_Snuff_Container_Tesa_Ya_Ma_Kanya_(3).jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 09 July 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.