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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Congolese
Field photographs
Asset ID
111997
Title
Portrait of man seated
Description
In addition to mastering the technical knowledge required to find and trap an okapi, the hunter had to protect himself from the misfortune he courted if he killed this elusive animal. The braided creeper strands worn on the hunter's arm were medicine, called emupeti. They were carefully prepared in order to protect the hunter from illness or death.
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: 111997
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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. 181.
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