Painting on Canvas
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jul 2008
label: Collection Date
content: Mid-1970's
name: label: Collector
content: Ambassador Edward Marks
label: Donor Name
content: Ambassador Edward Marks
notes: label: Notes
content: "Attaque de l'ONU", oil on canvas, showing fighter planes diving towards a slag heap and factory buildings, with soldiers on the ground running for cover. According to curator, Mary Jo Arnoldi, following Lumumba's death there was fighting in Zaire, and the painting shows the U.N. troops going to war against Katanga, when there was talk of secession in that province.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2046107
label: USNM Number
content: E432575-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 53.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 45 cm