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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3912
Title
Hoe, wood, iron, (Belgian) Congo
Description
The hoe was used for a variety of farming and building chores. The four rows of burnished dots on the otherwise-unadorned handle illustrate how simple geometric designs ornament objects of daily use.
Materials: Wood, metal (iron).
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Hand tools
Physical dimensions
BLADE L:25.4 D:13.4 STEM L:64 W:9.3 (in CM)
City Town
Niangara
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: 3912
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/4109
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. 77.
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