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Tags
African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire (Exhibition)
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3908
Title
Hat, hide with hair and shells, Mangbetu, (Belgian) Congo
Description
Animal and plant materials found in the region were often combined with goods obtained in trade. This hat, made of local baboon fur and cowrie shells from the Indian Ocean, belonged to the Mangbetu chief Okondo.
Materials: plant fiber, hide, cowries shells, hair.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Accessories (Clothing & dress)
,
Hats
Physical dimensions
H:22 D:21 (in CM)
City Town
Niangara
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: 3908
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/3997
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. 72.
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