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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Anthropology
Asset ID
ptc-3991
Title
Spatula with carved figure, ivory, Mangbetu people of Africa
Description
Lang collected 380 carved ivory pieces, some of which were novelty items such as this spatula. The position of the hands, with one in front and one behind, is a typical Mangbetu pose and expresses the Mangbetu conception of symmetry.
Materials: Ivory.
Agent (Role)
Gardiner, Lynton
(
Photographer
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
)
Date
1914 (collected), 1990 (photographed)
Artwork/Object Type
Equipment
Physical dimensions
L:37 W:4.8 (in CM)
City Town
Panga
State Province
Tshopo
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 Transparency Collection, 4 x 5: 3991
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/4634
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. 252.
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