Description : dropped This object is not available any more. 398 Shield D. R. Congo, Mbesa wood, basketry, plant fibre cords, animal skin, blackish mass, unusual: concave vaulted form, metal hunch in the center, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion and usage H: 105 cm H: 41.3 inch Provenance collected in situ by Charles Smets, who participated in the American Museum's Congo Expedition of 1909-15. In 1990 an exhibition was developed with hundreds of photographs of objects from this expedition, along with many fine archival photographs taken by Herbert Lang on the expedition. The publication African Reflections by Enid Schildkrout and Curtis Keim was published as companion to this exhibition. It traces the art history of northeastern Zaire from before the first encounters with Europeans in the 1870's to the present. Literature Baur, Ivan & Jan Elsen, Guba, Brussels 2002, p. 194 f.
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n° 397 Titre : [ Tribal Art ] Condition report : unusual: concave vaulted form, metal hunch in the center, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion and usage Zemanek-Muenster, Salle de vente
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : 73rd tribal art auction Date de la vente : 25/05/2013🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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