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African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire (Exhibition)

American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)

Asset ID ptc-3907

Title Hat, hide with fur and feathers, Mangbetu, Medje, (Belgian) Congo

Description When Lang collected this hat, he noted that it was worn by an old man. In the same period, among the Mangbetu, leopard skin, eagle feathers, and the red tail feathers of the gray parrot were reserved for chiefs although they frequently gave these highly valued materials to their loyal subjects. African gray parrots were kept in captivity so that their feathers could be readily obtained.
Materials: fur (genet), feathers, leather, cord.

Agent (Role) Gardiner, Lynton (Photographer), Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957 (Collector)

Date 1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)

Artwork/Object Type Accessories (Clothing & dress), Hats

Physical dimensions H:23 D:50 (in CM)

City Town Medje

State Province Upper Uele

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 Transparency Collection, 4 x 5: 3907

Department Catalog Number(s) 90.1/1441

Rights statement Information on rights available at the repository.

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. 72.

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