Close
Login
Staff Login
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
Critical/Foundational support for this service is provided by the Leon Levy Foundation as part of the Shelby White & Leon Levy Archive Initiative at the American Museum of Natural History Library
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192
GOTTESMAN RESEARCH LIBRARY
MUSEUM ARCHIVES
ARCHIVES
AUTHORITIES
DIGITAL REPOSITORY
ACCESSIBILITY
©2022 American Museum of Natural History
Go to Login page
Hide details
Linked assets
Expeditions & Research
Browse Library & Archives
Conceptually similar
Belt, plant fiber and warthog hair, Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3944
Figure, wood, glass beads, barkcloth, and plant fiber, Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3942
Harp, ivory, and okapi hide with fur, Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3958
Basket, Mangbetu, Medje, (Belgian) Congo
ptc-3919
Pot, ceramic and plant fiber, Meje people of Africa
ptc-3926
Knife, iron and wood, possibly Mangbetu, Rungu, (Belgian) Congo
ptc-3906
Basket, plant fiber, 7.2 inches (height), Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3927
Bench, Meje
ptc-3897
Pipe bowl, ceramic, Meje Medje people of Africa
ptc-3932
Mat, plant fiber, 27.7 in x 19.7 in, Makere people of Africa
ptc-3928
Box, wood, bark, plant fiber, H 21.5 in, Mangbetu
ptc-3903
Necklace, horn, glass beads, and plant fiber, Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3946
Hat, hide with hair and shells, Mangbetu, (Belgian) Congo
ptc-3908
Basket, wood, plant fiber, and hide with fur, 14 inches (height), Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3925
Whisk, ivory and elephant hair, Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3954
Harp, Azande
ptc-3972
Cup, gourd and plant fiber, Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3931
Hat, plant fiber and feathers, Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3938
Hats: left: bark cloth, leather, feather, cord, dye, 10.9 inches (width) x 8.2 inches (height), Azande; right: loofah, hide with fur, hide, and owl feathers, H 8.0 in x D 9.8 in, Meje Medje
ptc-3939
Apron, banana leaves and plant fiber, Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3950
Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3936
Title
Spool, redwood, banana fiber, and human hair, 21.5 inches (length), Meje Medje people of Africa
Description
The elongated head shape popular in the early part of the century among the Mangbetu and some neighboring peoples was produced by tightly binding the heads of infants with string made from human hair, plant fiber, or both. This spool for the thread also serves as a headrest.
Materials: Hair (human), wood, pigment.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1914 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Furnishings
Physical dimensions
L:55 W:8.2 (in CM)
City Town
Medje
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: 3936
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/1692
Rights Statement
Information on rights available at the repository.
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. 125.
Suggestions?
Do you have more information or a correction for this item? Please login or register to suggest a metadata edit.
Restrictions