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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
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Title
Bell, Azande
Description
This bell, with its gracefully carved head that repeats the curved motif on the bell, has no clapper. It was meant to be struck when the chief was drinking wine.
Materials: wood, cord, stain.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1913 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Musical instruments
Physical dimensions
L:33 W:17 (in CM)
City Town
Poko
State Province
Lower Uele
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
,
Division of Anthropology, African Ethnographic Collection
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/3667
Rights statement
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Repository
American Museum of Natural History
Publication History
Schildkrout, Enid, Curtis A Keim, Curtis A Keim, American Museum of Natural History, and American Museum of Natural History. 1990. African Reflections : Art from Northeastern Zaire. Seattle: University of Washington Press, p. 216.
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