Close
Login
Staff Login
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
Critical/Foundational support for this service is provided by the Leon Levy Foundation as part of the Shelby White & Leon Levy Archive Initiative at the American Museum of Natural History Library
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024-5192
GOTTESMAN RESEARCH LIBRARY
MUSEUM ARCHIVES
ARCHIVES
AUTHORITIES
DIGITAL REPOSITORY
ACCESSIBILITY
©2022 American Museum of Natural History
Go to Login page
Hide details
Linked assets
Expeditions & Research
Browse Library & Archives
Conceptually similar
Scenes painted on the walls of Zande hut
111642
Zande mural painting, Faradje
223993
Zande man, Akenge
227671
Harp, wood, Azande (Zande)
ptc-3970
Songo, Zande chief at Poko, brother of Akengai of Rungu
223412
Smelting iron, Akenge's village
224070
Figure, male, wood, plant fiber, H 24.3, Azande
ptc-3914
Horn, ivory with artwork, Zande (Azande), (Belgian) Congo
ptc-3900
Zande musicians, Manziga's village, near Niangara
sg-0846
Wooden headrest box with carved figures, Zande (Azande) people of Africa
ptc-3989
Spatula with carved figure, ivory, Mangbetu people of Africa
ptc-3991
Wooden stool, Zande (Azande), people of Africa
ptc-3934
Nenzima, Okondo's Village
sg-0369
Zande scene, engraving for ivory
227675
Mangbetu women working inside large shelter
111926
Cup, Azande
ptc-3895
Mangbetu women performing kitchen work, interior of building
111925
Man under shelter
111900
Knife, iron, copper, wood, Babeo, Monghelima, (Belgian) Congo
ptc-3905
Double spatula, ivory figures at top, possibly Mangbetu, (Belgian) Congo
ptc-3913
Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Field photographs
Zande
Asset ID
224100
Title
Zande ancestor shelter with figurative carving, near Poko
Description
Figurative carvings among the Mangbetu and Azande were generally made for secular use. However, this photograph of a Zande ancestor shelter unexpectedly reveals a carved figure on the center post.
Agent (Role)
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Photographer
)
Date
1913-07 (photographed)
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Negative Collection, 4 x 5: 224100
External Resource
AMNH Library authority record:
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
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. 237.
Suggestions?
Do you have more information or a correction for this item? Please login or register to suggest a metadata edit.
Restrictions