Blacksmith Bellows

19th - 20th century

Kuba

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wood, brass tacks

47 x 18 1/2 x 8 in. (119.4 x 47 x 20.3cm)

Partial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn

2007.235

Photo by Tom Joyce

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998

Published ReferencesCline, Walter. Mining and Metallurgy in Negro Africa. Menasha: George Bauta Publishing Company, 1937

Herbert, Eugenia W. Iron, Gender, and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993 p. 37-55

McNaughton, Patrick. Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power and Art in West Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988

Celis, Georges. Eisnehutten in Afrika: Les Fonderies Africannines du Fer. Frankfurt: Museum fur Volkerkunde, 1991

Van Geluwe, H., T. Paragjis and H. Nauts. De Mongo Cultuur: Bewoners Van Het Evenaarswoud in Zaire. Brussels: Gemeentekrediet, 1984 p. 30, 126, 127

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