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Tags
Abarambo (African people)
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3965
Title
Shoulder string, medicine, Poko, Congo
Description
This necklace, considered to be specially powerful, is composed of medicine whistles and horns and gourds filled with magical powders. The whistles are made from various woods, each believed to have a special capability, such as causing sickness or death, financial gains or losses, and luck or unhappiness.
Materials: Cord, wood, seed pod, gourd, horn (antelope), plant fiber.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1913 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Accessories (Clothing & dress)
,
Talismans
Physical dimensions
L:48 W:41.5 H:4.9 (in CM)
City Town
Poko
State Province
Lower Uele
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
,
Division of Anthropology, African Ethnographic Collection
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/3586
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. 183.
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