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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Field photographs
Mangbetu
Asset ID
111923
Title
Mangbetu men working with plant fibers
Description
Men are seated on a log, boy is reclining, all are wearing woven hats. | Basketry hats were made by men, typically in a plaited twill pattern with a twined band at the lower edge. Bunches of feathers often adorned the finished hats.
Agent (Role)
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
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Photographer
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Date
1909, 1910 (photographed)
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: 111923
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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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