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Tags
African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire (Exhibition)
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3915
Title
Woman and child figure, wood, Azande (Zande), Congo
Description
In this rare Zande carving the forms of the mother and child seem to be fused. In fact, it illustrates the typical manner of carrying children throughout northeastern Zaire. A fiber band is wrapped around mother and child, and the child rests at the mother's side.
Materials: wood, coating.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1914 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Wood carvings
Physical dimensions
L:60.2 W:23.5 H:16 (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: 3915
Alternate Versions
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Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/3320
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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. 88.
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