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Mbala (culture or style) (Kwango-Kwilu (culture or style), <Southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola styles>, ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Style and culture of the African ethnic group of the same name inhabiting the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the land between the Wamba and Bakali Rivers in the northwest, and the Kwilu and Lutshima Rivers in the east. |
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Mbala (culture or style) (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,A)
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Mbala (culture or style) (Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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Mbala (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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Bambala (Southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and Angols style) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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Kwilu (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: F.FL |
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.... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ <styles, periods, and cultures by region> (G) |
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............ African (general, continental cultures) (G) |
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................ <African by cultural or regional designation> (G) |
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.................... Central African (cultural or regional style) (G) |
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........................ <Southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola styles> (G) |
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............................ Kwango-Kwilu (culture or style) (G) |
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................................ Mbala (culture or style) (G) |
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Dutch ..... Te gebruiken om werken te beschrijven van de gelijknamige Afrikaanse etnische groep die leeft in de Democratische Republiek Congo, in het gebied da in het noordwesten wordt begrensd door de rivieren Wamba en Bakali, en in het oosten door de rivieren Kwilu en Lutshima. |
Spanish ..... Úsese para describir trabajos producidos por el grupo étnico africano del mismo nombre que habita la República Democrática de Congo, en la tierra entre los Ríos Wamba y Bakali en el noroeste y Ríos Kwilu y Lutshima en el este. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Bambala (Southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and Angols style)............ |
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Bascom, African Art in Cultural Perspective (1973) 141 |
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Murdock, Africa (1959) 293 |
Mbala (culture or style)............ |
[CDBP-SNPC Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred] |
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AAT-Ned (1994-) |
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Bascom, African Art in Cultural Perspective (1973) 141 |
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Baumann, Völker Afrikas (1975-1979) 529 |
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Biebuyck, Arts of Zaire (1985) Vol. 1, 161 |
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Boone, Carte Ethnique du Congo, Quart Sud-Ouest (1973) 205 |
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CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) Mbala (African people); Mbala (Bantu people) |
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Contributed as a candidate term Candidate comment -- AFRART -- 9/96 |
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Cornet, Survey of Zairian Art (1978) 90 |
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules Mbala (Western Zaire) |
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Herreman, Skin of the Statue (1986) 14 |
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Hirschberg, Völkerkunde Afrikasö (1965) 108 |
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Lexique Ethnique (1989) |
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Murdock, Africa (1959) 293 |
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Murdock, Outline of World Cultures (1975) FO30 |
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Schaedler, Lexikon Afrikanischer Kunst und Kultur (1994) 276 |
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TAA database (2000-) |
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Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (1990) |
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