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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Mangbetu
Asset ID
ptc-3933
Title
Stool with strap (Megbetu)
Description
Wooden stools, carved by men from a single piece of wood, were taken by Mangbetu women wherever they went. The strap provided a means of easily carrying the stool.
Materials: Wood, coating, cord, stain, pigment.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1909-1915 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Furnishings
Physical dimensions
L:28 W:27.5 H:22 (in CM)
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: 3933
Department Catalog Number(s)
AFE/00174
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. 120.
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