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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Anthropology
Ethnography
Asset ID
123187
Title
Double pot, Mangbetu
Description
Anthropomorphic ceramic pots were sometimes produced with double images as seen here. The use for such pots is uncertain, but the double-bowl form is derived from naando pots.
Materials: Clay.
Agent (Role)
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
),
Rota, Alex J.
(
Photographer
)
Date
1913 (collected), 1949-03-15 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Containers
Physical dimensions
L:27 W:11 H:23.5 (in CM)
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 Negative Collection, 5 x 7: 123187
External Resource
AMNH Library authority record:
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/4693
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. 171.
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