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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
36865
Title
Pictograph, carved on red camwood boxes used for finery, illustrating elephant hunt and fishing and hunting parties, Africa
Description
Incised drawings of hunting and fishing scenes from an ivory and wood box. The box was carved by a Mangbetu, but the drawings were done by a Zande from Poko. The center figure carries a large hunting net and a spear.
Agent (Role)
Photo Studio
(
Photographer
),
Unknown
(
Photographer
)
Date
1917-1918
Artwork/Object Type
Engravings
City Town
Poko
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, 8 x 10: 36865
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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. 143.
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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. 69.
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