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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3920
Title
Arrows, wood, iron, and leaves, Mangbetu people of the Congo, Africa
Description
The fine patterning on the arrow shafts illustrates the Mangbetu use of geometric designs. The owner of these arrows may have been able to identify individual arrows, each with a particular point, by feeling the patterned ridges of the shaft as it protruded from the quiver.
Materials: Wood, leaves, metal, coating.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Arrows
,
Weapons
Physical dimensions
(AVG) L:50.4 W:0.8 (in CM)
City Town
Rungu
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: 3920
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/5089
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. 107.
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