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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3922
Title
Left: pot, ceramic, 8.8 inches (height) x 5.3 inches (depth), Mangbetu people of Africa. Right: jar, ceramic, 8.2 inches (height) x 5.4 inches (depth), Mangbetu people of the Congo, Africa
Description
The anthropomorphic pot and the water jar, both Mangbetu, have the same patterns on their bases. This similarity suggests that the anthropomorphic styles were seen as an embellishment on the traditional household pottery.
Materials: Ceramic.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Containers
Physical dimensions
Left: H:22.5 D:13.5 (in CM)
Right: H:21 D:13 (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: 3922
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/4683, 90.1/4692
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. 110.
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