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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Feathers
Field photographs
Mangbetu
Asset ID
111783
Title
Mangbetu man wearing hat with feathers
Description
Water snails and eagle feathers were transformed into this hat worn for dances.
Agent (Role)
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
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Photographer
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Date
1909
City Town
Medje
State Province
Upper 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, 5 x 7: 111783
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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. 127.
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