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African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire (Exhibition)

American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)

Asset ID ptc-3903

Title Box, wood, bark, plant fiber, H 21.5 in, Mangbetu

Description As a European in Africa in the early 1900s, Lang shared some of the prejudices of his day. Describing this bark box he wrote, "Carved figure imitating a saluting messenger of white men, the exaggeration of the cartridge belt and the sexual portion is rather a hint at the behavior of these men. They always carry a cartridge belt and also an old muzzle loader. They are never provided with powder or cartridges, but as a rule they behave very arrogant[ly] in the absence of white men and often profit of the charms so easily offered by the Mangbetu women" 693). Material: Wood, plant fiber, metal, stain.

Agent (Role) Gardiner, Lynton (Photographer), Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957 (Collector)

Date 1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)

Artwork/Object Type Containers

Physical dimensions TOP: L:33.2 W:15.5 H:12.1 BOTTOM: L:29.6 W:13.8 H:11 (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: 3903

Department Catalog Number(s) 90.1/2221

Rights statement Information on rights available at the repository.

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. 62.

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