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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3914
Title
Figure, male, wood, plant fiber, H 24.3, Azande
Description
Images of soldiers appear often in art made during the colonial period. These figures were made for secular use; the Mangbetu found them amusing.
Materials: Wood, plant fiber, stain.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1914 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Wood carvings
Physical dimensions
L:62.3 W:23 H:12.3 (in CM)
City Town
Panga
State Province
Tshopo
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: 3914
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/3321
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. 86.
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