Throne of Weapons
2001 · Resource
A chair sculpted by Cristovao Canhavato (Kester) from decommissioned weapons of the Mozambican Civil War. It transforms instruments of war into a symbol of peace and reconciliation.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 2001
- Good Friday Agreement (1998)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- Global financial crisis (2007)
- iPhone launched (2007)
- End of apartheid in South Africa (1994)
- Iraq War begins (2003)
- Arab Spring begins (2010)
- Tohoku earthquake and Fukushima disaster (2011)
- War in Afghanistan begins (2001)