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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Field photographs
Makere
Asset ID
225312
Title
Makere mural painting, Niapu
Description
These designs were painted inside a house belonging to a Makere chief. Whereas Mangbetu geometric paintings on houses were repetitive and symmetric, the curved lines and dot motif on this Makere house evince a certain randomness.
Agent (Role)
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
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Photographer
)
Date
1913-11-06 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Murals
City Town
Niapu
State Province
Lower Uele
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Negative Collection, 4 x 5: 225312
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. 104.
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