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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Anthropology
Ethnography
Asset ID
227677
Title
Engraving of an okapi
Description
Herbert Lang was impressed that Zande artist who drew this young okapi had observed the animal alive. Incised on an ivory horn.
Agent (Role)
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Photographer
)
Date
1909-1915 (collected)
Artwork/Object Type
Engravings
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
,
Division of Anthropology, African Ethnographic Collection
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Negative Collection, 4 x 5: 227677
External Resource
AMNH Library authority record:
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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. 47.
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