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Batum and Banganti carrying baskets
Batum and Banganti carrying baskets
Object Number 2004.24.8490
Display Title Batum and Banganti carrying baskets
Descriptions
Object Description Batum and Banganti carrying baskets. This type never seen anywhere else by Mr. Schwab. Tribes seem to be offshoots of the Tikar Sudanese. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
  • Wood
  • Woman
  • Road
  • Basket
  • rope
  • Ethnographic
  • Rural
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bangangte
  • Bamileke
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Highlands
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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