Isumbi lya Ngole, the QueenÕs throne, which belonged to the Ngole Mbilingi of Sukuma Chiefdom, Royal Pavilion, Collection of the Sukuma Museum, Bujora village. She received the throne in 1952 when she became the wife of Ntemi Edwardi Mbilingi. The Ntemi died in 1967 and the Ngole gave her stool to Father Clement for the museum on August 1, 1974.



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