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Left: pot, ceramic, 8.8 inches (height) x 5.3 inches (depth), Mangbetu people of Africa. Right: jar, ceramic, 8.2 inches (height) x 5.4 inches (depth), Mangbetu people of the Congo, Africa
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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Anthropology
Ethnography
Asset ID
338163
Title
Pot and jar, Mangbetu
Description
The anthropomorphic pot and the water jar, both Mangbetu, have the same patterns on their bases. This similarity suggests that the anthropomorphic styles were seen as an embellishment on the traditional household pottery.
Materials: Ceramic.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Credit Line
Lynton Gardiner/©AMNH
Date
1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Containers
Physical dimensions
Right: H:22.5 D:13.5 (in CM)
Left: H:21 D:13 (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 Negative Collection, 8 x 10: 338163
External Resource
AMNH Library authority record:
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/4683, 90.1/4692
Rights statement
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Copyright
©American Museum of Natural History
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. 110.
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