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Tags
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Art
Field photographs
Zande
Asset ID
227675
Title
Zande scene, engraving for ivory
Description
Engraving from an ivory horn showing a woman having her body painted with bianga, a black juice made from the gardenia plant.
Agent (Role)
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Collector
),
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
(
Photographer
)
Date
1909-1915
Artwork/Object Type
Engravings
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: 227675
External Resource
AMNH Library archives records:
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
, AMNH Library authority record:
American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
, AMNH Library authority record:
Chapin, James Paul, 1889-1964
, AMNH Library authority record:
Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957
Department Catalog Number(s)
67.5
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. 123.
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