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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
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Title
Water jar, Medje.
Description
This graceful Medje water jar is decorated with incised patterns and rubbed with camwood powder to produce a subtle alteration of shiny and matte surfaces.
Materials: Ceramic.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Containers
Physical dimensions
H:26 D:16 (in CM)
City Town
Medje
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
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/2337
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. 246.
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