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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Congo Collections
Division of Anthropology
Mangbetu
Asset ID
ptc-3957
Title
Horn, ivory, leopard hide with fur, and fiber cordage, Mangbetu people of Africa
Description
Horns crafted for the chief's orchestra were elegantly carved in ivory and sometimes covered with animal hide. The use of leopard hide was reserved for chiefs.
Materials: Ivory, pigment, cord, hide, fur.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1913 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Musical instruments
Physical dimensions
L:53 D:9.3 (in CM)
City Town
Niangara
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
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Transparency Collection, 4 x 5: 3957
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/3975
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. 156.
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