On View
Power of Place Gallery
Exhibition
Power of Place
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Adams-Harris, Vanessa
Snow's Consignment Store, American, founded 1995
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
wood and metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 38 1/2 × 20 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (97.8 × 52.1 × 45.1 cm)
Description
A bentwood armchair purportedly belonging to a black church in Tulsa that was looted during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. The chair has curved arm rests. The arm rests are attached to the chair back and seat with oval-shaped, metal cleats. Both uprights at the sides of the chair back are also attached to the seat and to the top rail. The chair back has seven (7) rungs at the back. The chair also has two (2) horizontal rungs on the proper left and proper right sides, connecting the proper left and proper right legs. There are two (2) additional rungs at the back connecting the rear legs. At the front is only one (1) rung at the top between the front legs. The chair seat is a square shape with curved corners. The seat is has been slightly molded towards the back to support the sitter. The chair back curves out toward the arm rests.
Place collected
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Religious and Sacred Objects
Type
armchairs
Topic
American West
Christianity
Race relations
Race riots
Religion
Segregation
Tulsa Race Massacre
U.S. History, 1919-1933
Violence
Worship services
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Vanessa Adams-Harris, citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Object number
2014.22
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5617962ce-f64e-4409-a59f-185b871e90ad

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