The Bengamisa Chair
This African chair is patterned after simple, two-part, hard wood, village chairs seen along the road at a small town called Bengamisa in the Ituri Forest of DR Congo. The wood is Congolese wenge hard wood. Chair back is hand carved by John. It depicts a typical deep forest village scene. For storage, the seat portion pulls out of the slot in the chair back. Overall back length: 40″. Overall width: 12-1/2″. Board thickness: 1″. Chair weight: 22 lbs.
