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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3935
Title
Pins, ivory with carved design, Mangbetu people of Africa
Description
The focus on adorning the head extended even to the detailed carving of heads on ivory pins.
Materials: Ivory.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1914 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Accessories (Clothing & dress)
,
Hair ornaments
Physical dimensions
Left to right:
L:17.2 W:1.5 (in CM)
L:20 W:1 (in CM)
L:28.7 W:1.1 (in CM)
L:19.6 W:1.2 (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: 3935
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/3423, 90.1/3424, 90.1/3426, 90.1/3430
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. 122.
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