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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Zande
Asset ID
ptc-3967
Title
Whistles, charm
Description
The Zande chief Akenge wore this particular string of magic wooden whistles tied around his left arm. Lang noted that this group was used to provide the chief with "good luck and large fortune" (2716).
Materials: Wood, metal (copper, brass), hide.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1913 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Musical instruments
,
Talismans
Physical dimensions
L:16 W:14 H:5.3 (in CM)
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
,
Division of Anthropology, African Ethnographic Collection
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/2636
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. 184.
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