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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Art
Field photographs
Zande
Asset ID
111642
Title
Scenes painted on the walls of Zande hut
Description
Mural painting on houses included geometric patterns in red, black, and white and figurative illustrations, often depicting colonial officials. These paintings, made by a Zande, are on a Mangbetu-style house.
Agent (Role)
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Photographer
)
Date
1909
Artwork/Object Type
Murals
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Negative Collection, 5 x 7: 111642
External Resource
AMNH Library archives records:
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
, AMNH Library authority record:
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
, AMNH Library authority record:
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964
, AMNH Library authority record:
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
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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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