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Brass female figure with pestle, and other female figures
Brass female figure with pestle, and other female figures
Object Number 2004.24.17149
Display Title Brass female figure with pestle, and other female figures
Descriptions
Object Description Brass female figure with pestle (H904); brass figure (H1005); 2 brass figures (property of Dr. G.W. Harley). Liberia. Gio Tribe (H/904). See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 68, d thru g.
Keywords
  • Effigy
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
Subject
  • Female
  • Brass
  • Figure
  • Pestle
  • Figurine
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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