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Object Number
2004.24.8448
Display Title
Cult members in phase of stunts
Descriptions
Object Description
Cult members in phase of stunts. Seen for first time by an outsider. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Costume
- Ceremony
- Man
- Ritual
- Mask
- Ethnographic
- Performance
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Cameroon
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<State>
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<County>
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Fumban
Additional Geographic Terms
Highlands
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.24.8446 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
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| 2004.24.8445 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
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| 2004.24.8444 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
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| 2004.24.8443 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
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| 2004.24.8442 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
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| 2004.24.8447 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
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| 2004.24.8441 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
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| 18-21-50/B2086 | "Bazoo" used by so cult in their chants when initiating new members |
Raw Material
Woodwind |
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1199 | Ko shells used in ornamenting the "crown" (ntut) of Ko cult members |
Shell
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2004.24.8488 | Cult leader after it was all over |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.8484 | Large, cult mask, grass or straw fringe |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.8485 | Large, cult masks, grass or straw fringe |
Cameroon
|