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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Congo Collections
Division of Anthropology
Mangbetu
Asset ID
ptc-3953
Title
Ornamental bed board, wood, Mangbetu people of Africa
Description
Geometrically patterned boards were placed on the top and sides of the chief's bed. The boards were blackened before carving and rubbed with redwood powder when used by the chief.
Materials: Wood, stain.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Furnishings
Physical dimensions
L:85.5 W:17 (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: 3953
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/4534
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. 151.
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