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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3946
Title
Necklace, horn, glass beads, and plant fiber, Mangbetu people of Africa
Description
Glass beads, obtained from Europeans in trade, were sometimes incorporated into necklaces and other jewelry for chiefs and their wives, but the use of European beads was not widespread in the region.
Materials: Horn, bead, cord, plant fiber.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Accessories (Clothing & dress)
Physical dimensions
L:23.5 W:6.7 (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: 3946
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/4821
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. 135.
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