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Double pot, Mangbetu
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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Anthropology
Asset ID
ptc-4113
Title
Double pot, ceramic, 10.5 inches (length) x 9.2 inches (height), Mangbetu people of Africa
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)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1913 (collected), 1990
Artwork/Object Type
Containers
Physical dimensions
L:27 W:11 H:23.5 (in CM)
City Town
Niangara
State Province
Upper Uele
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Transparency Collection, 4 x 5: 4113
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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