Back-Rest, Carved
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1895
name: label: Collector
content: Richard D. Mohun
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department Of State
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN AR, SI-1930, P1. 10, FIG. 1, P. 518. IDENTIFIED FROM ILLUS. IN MAES, J., "LES APPUIS-DOS DU CONGO BELGE" (ANNALES DU MUS. DU CONGO BELGE, ETHNOG., SER VI, TOME 1, ASC. 2), P1. XVI, FIG. 6 WHICH ASCRIBES THIS TYPE TO THE YAELIMA (PART OF THE BAKUTSHU) TRIBE. THE OLD IDENTIFICATION, "BUSONGA," APPARENTLY REFERS TO THE TRIBE CALLED BOSONGO BY VAN DER KERKEN ("L'ETHNIE MONGO"), NEIGHBORING ON YAELIMA TRIBAL AREA. CLEANED, SEE RESTORATION RECORD. MAES IN LES TREPIEDS ET APPUIS-DOS DU CONGO BELGE (ANN. MUS. CONGO BELGE, D, IV, T. I, F. 2, BRUSSELS 1930) ILLUSTRATES SEVERAL BACK RESTS OF THIS TYPE, ESP. ON P1. XVI, (FIGS. 2, 6, 11). EACH IS ATTRIBUTED TO A DIFFERENT TRIBE OF THE MONGO GROUP, HENCE IT SEEMS SAFEST TO ATTRIBUTE THIS SPECIMEN TO THE MONGO TRIBAL GROUP IN GENERAL, RATHER THAN TO ANY PARTICULAR TRIBE.-G.D.GIBSON. 12/2/68: LOANED TO A & I EXHIBIT. 3/17/69 RETURNED."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Dec 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kutshu
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029024
label: USNM Number
content: E174760-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Backrest