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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Congo Collections
Division of Anthropology
Asset ID
ptc-3952
Title
Arrows and quiver, Africa
Description
This quiver, made from the hide of the sitatunga antelope, held arrows like the ones pictured with their variously patterned points. Materials (quiver): Hide, fur, cord, metal (iron), wood, leaves. Materials (arrows): Metal (iron, brass), plant fiber.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Weapons
Physical dimensions
Quiver: L:34 W:3.1 (in CM)
Arrows: (Largest) L:54.3 W:2.2, (Smallest) L:45 W:1 (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: 3952
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/2029, 90.1/2031 A, 90.1/2031 B, 90.1/2031 C, 90.1/2031 D
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. 146.
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