Wilfrid Swancourt Bronson painting of Mangbetu women
place: label: Place
content: Congo (Democratic Republic)
label: Place
content: Africa, Central
culture: label: Culture
content: Mangbetu (African people)
bioghist: label: Biographical note
content: Wilfrid Swancourt Bronson (1894-1985) was a popular science illustrator and children's book author.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Paintings (visual works) (oil on canvas, framed, 37.75 x 4.5 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Item 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Gift of Wilfrid S. and Sonia J. Bronson, through Gordon D. Gibson,  1979.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.XXXX.0339
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Paintings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Paintings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Paintings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a framed oil painting by Wilfrid S. Bronson depicting three Mangbetu women.

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