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Object Number
2004.24.22032
Display Title
Bantu Abaqweta - wearing sheepskin coat of initiation
Descriptions
Object Description
Bantu Abaqweta - wearing sheepskin coat of initiation - second fathers making the Abaqweta Skirt
Subject
- Man
- Initiation
- Sheepskin
- Photograph
- Skirt
Department
Photographic
Date
11/01/1954
Artist
David L. De Harport
Culture
- Bantu speaking peoples
- Central Bantu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 8.26 x 11.43 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.22033 | Bantu - Abaqweta boys just prior to the initiation ceremony |
South Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.22035 | Abaqweta dancers (Bantu) |
South Africa
| ||
| 39-112-60/6659 | Sheepskin coat - worn in summer and winter (pustin) |
Coat
|
Teheran
| |
| 2004.24.22046 | Girl at female initiation ceremony |
South Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.22026 | Witch Doctor, Bantu |
South Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.22031 | Bantu, boy about to be initiated |
South Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.6963 | Bantu man Wearing Sheath |
Angola
| ||
| 2001.29.2915 | Children, "Fathers and Sons (Boys)": Be wearing an ostrich eggshell beaded apron, leaning against her father, Bo |
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
| ||
| 35-10-60/16290.1.35 | Young Tibetan boy in sheepskin coat |
Tibet
| ||
| 2004.29.11746 | Hut with painted scene on the side |
Africa
| ||
| 2001.29.31411.1 | "Little ≠Gao": "Little ≠Gao," son of /Qui and //Kushay, dancing with rattles (print is a cropped image) |
Gautscha
| ||
| 995-29-10/73981 | White cotton boy's initiation kilt |
Skirt
|
Arizona
|