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Object Number
2004.24.6945
Display Title
Two young boys in circumcisial dress
Descriptions
Object Description
Boys in circumcisial dress. Copied in 35m safety
Subject
- Ceremony
- Costume
- Rural
- Child
Department
Photographic
Date
1921
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Bété
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 6.35 x 11.43 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.6910.1 | Young man in circumcisial dress in front of hut |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6910.2 | Side view of young man in circumcisial dress in front of hut |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11869 | Circumcisial dress |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11868 | Circumcisial dress |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.7428 | Young boy on stilts in front of hut |
Kisangani
| ||
| 2004.24.26550 | Boys in dress denoting they are soon to be circumcised |
Africa
| ||
| 976-31-50/11970 | Nubian boy's dress, consists of many leather strings attached to thin, braided w |
Skirt
|
Africa
| |
| 2004.29.11585 | Two boys standing |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.6811 | Young boys playing a game |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6888A | Man's mourning dress |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6888C | Man's mourning dress |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2001.29.21580 | Man in European clothes, a woman in Herero dress, and three boys, full figure standing |
Ngamiland (North West)
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