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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)

Asset ID ptc-3939

Title 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

Description Hats from the Uele region incorporate a variety of techniques and materials.The hat at left features intricate basketry work, including loops and a ribbonlike border. The other one is made from the loofah plant.
Materials (left): Barkcloth, feather, leather, dye, cord.
Materials (right): Louffa, feather, fur.

Left: Niangara, 1913
Right: Medje, 1910

Agent (Role) Gardiner, Lynton (Photographer), Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957 (Collector)

Date 1910 (collected), 1913 (collected), 1990 (photographed)

Artwork/Object Type Hats

Physical dimensions Left: L:46 W:28 H:21.1 (in CM)
Right: H:20.6 D:25.2 (in CM)

City Town Medje, 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: 3939

Department Catalog Number(s) 90.1/1442, 90.1/4712

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. 129.

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