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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3942
Title
Figure, wood, glass beads, barkcloth, and plant fiber, Mangbetu people of Africa
Description
Besides the elongated, wrapped head with an elaborate, halolike coiffure, the Mangbetu ideal of feminine beauty included body-painting in geometric patterns. This style was admired and emulated by neighboring peoples, both in their personal appearance and in their art.
Materials: Wood, beads, bark cloth, leaf, pigment, dye.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Wood carvings
Physical dimensions
L:43 W:9.4 (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: 3942
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/4295
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. 132.
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