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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3899
Title
Chair, Zande (Azande), (Belgian) Congo
Description
Traditional skills of basketry and woodworking were used to produce this chair modeled after the European steamer chair. | Native chair made by the Azande Chief Kipate south of Poko. Both chairs presented by Lieutenant Floridon administrateur territoriale.
Materials: wood, rattan, metal (iron).
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1914 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Furniture
Physical dimensions
W:84.6 H:148 (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: 3899
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/4801
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. 42.
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