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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3928
Title
Mat, plant fiber, 27.7 in x 19.7 in, Makere people of Africa
Description
Makere mats have complex, abstract patterns. Twill plaiting is used here to create diamonds combined in an asymmetrical pattern.
Materials: Plant fiber.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1914 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Furnishings
Physical dimensions
L:71 W:50.5 (in CM)
City Town
Niapu
State Province
Lower 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: 3928
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/2468
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. 115.
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