FIG. 1 (above): Display of the 1912 acquisitions at the University Museum. Photographer unknown, 1913. Photograph courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Archives, negative 22446. 100 British Museum director Neil MacGregor opened his 2011 TED Talk remarks with the following statement: “The things we make have one supreme quality: they live longer than us. We perish, they survive. We have one life, they have many lives.”1 In keeping with this sentiment, this article focuses on the lives of several Congolese works acquired between 1912 and 1924 by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The two authors focus on different aspects of these works’ biographies and identities: Yaëlle Biro’s essay explores their lives after they were removed from Africa, while Constantine Petridis’ entries highlight their significance in their original context.2 FEATURE A Pioneering Collection: ACQUIRING CONGOLESE ART AT THE PENN MUSEUM By Yaëlle Biro, with object entries by Constantine Petridis
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