Title: Model of Zande African chief with shield, Hall of African Peoples, 1916
Creator: Lang, Herbert
Subject: Cultural anthropology, Africa, Clothing and dress, Ethnology -- Africa, Art, African, Weapons
Rights: Information on rights available at the repository.
Repository: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Library
Permanent Hall: Hall of African Peoples
Original Caption: Black or African Race, "Manziga", a chief of the Azande.
Medium: Glass negatives
Identifier: 34993
Format: 8 x 10
Department / Discipline: Anthropology
Date: 6027
Cultural Context: Africans, Zande (African people)
Coverage: New York, New York, United States
Collection Title: Photographic Collection
Collection Name: Photographic Collection
Collection Description: The Photographic Collection at the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History consists of over one million black-and-white photographs including approximately 850,000 negatives and 900 collections of photographic prints containing 125,000 individual photographs. In addition, there are more than 200,000 color transparencies, including 35 mm slides and over 55,000 lantern slides, many hand-colored, that were once used for lectures and loaned to schools throughout New York State. The images showcased here are a sampling of these vast collections housed at the Museum Library.
The Photographic Collection documents the history of the Museum, Museum staff at work, scientists in the field and in the laboratory, and permanent and temporary exhibitions. The images document scientific work worldwide in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, geology, paleontology, and zoology. It includes images of objects and specimens from the Museum collections as well as illustrations from the Library's Rare Book Collection. The earliest negatives date from the late 1800's.
Associated Name: Manziga
Artist: Unknown
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