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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3918
Title
Knife, iron with ivory handle, Azande (Zande), (Belgian) Congo
Description
Iron objects, including knives, were highly desired as bride payments. According to Lang, the engravings on the blade of this ivory-handled knife are "said to represent the different sort of knives given for a woman."
Materials: Metal (iron), ivory.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1914 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Knives
Physical dimensions
L:39.5 W:4.5 H:4.5 (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: 3918
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/3456
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. 96.
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