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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3923
Title
Jar, ceramic, Zande people of the (Belgian) Congo, Africa
Description
Household pots and drinking jars took many forms. Pots for rulers were more ornate than those used by their subjects. This double-necked pot belonged to Chief Akenge of the Azande and held water and wine.
Materials: Ceramic, coating.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1913 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Containers
Physical dimensions
H:32.5 D:16.8 (in CM)
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: 3923
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/2723
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. 111.
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