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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Congo Collections
Division of Anthropology
Mangbetu
Asset ID
ptc-3955
Title
Whistle, wood, hide with fur, gray parrot feathers, and fiber cord, Mangbetu people of Africa
Description
People of northeastern Zaire used whistles to communicate with spirits; whistles allowed their owners to perform various magical acts. This whistle, which belonged to a chief, is embellished with a tuft of red tail feathers from the gray parrot.
Materials: Wood, fur, feather, cord.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1914 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Musical instruments
Physical dimensions
L:36 D:3 (in CM)
City Town
Medje
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: 3955
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/2126
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. 154.
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