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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)

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Asset ID 223945

Title Mural of soldiers in line with man and woman eating, Faradje

Description Zande mural painting, Faradje, 1913. With the advent of colonialism, art in the Belgian Congo often featured images or soldiers and administrators. The mural on this Zande building shows a white man and woman eating at a table covered with a checked tablecloth; numerous soldiers are in attendance.

Agent (Role) Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957 (Photographer)

Date 1913 (photographed), 1913-02

Artwork/Object Type Murals

City Town Faradje

State Province Orientale

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: 223945

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

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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. 22.

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