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Object Number
2004.24.22033
Display Title
Bantu - Abaqweta boys just prior to the initiation ceremony
Descriptions
Subject
- Initiation
- Man
- Photograph
- Woman
Department
Photographic
Date
11/01/1954
Artist
David L. De Harport
Culture
- Central Bantu?
- Bantu speaking peoples
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 |
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| 2004.24.22032 | Bantu Abaqweta - wearing sheepskin coat of initiation |
South Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.22035 | Abaqweta dancers (Bantu) |
South Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.22046 | Girl at female initiation ceremony |
South Africa
| ||
| 970-16-70/4745 | Bamboo flute with mask attached used in boys' initiation ceremonies. + |
Woodwind
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 2004.24.22031 | Bantu, boy about to be initiated |
South Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.22026 | Witch Doctor, Bantu |
South Africa
| ||
| 995-29-10/73981 | White cotton boy's initiation kilt |
Skirt
|
Arizona
| |
| 2004.29.11887 | Bulu boys wrestling; Bantu of the Fang Group |
Africa
| ||
| 975-12-50/11826 | Boy's initiation mask, with domed forehead; oblong cut-out eyes |
Mask
|
Mali
| |
| 975-12-50/11819 | N'tomo society boy's initiation mask, with 6 double-tiered horns |
Mask
|
Mali
| |
| 2004.24.27110B | N'Tomo society mask (boy's initiation mask) |
Mali
| ||
| 2004.24.27110A | N'Tomo society mask (boy's initiation mask) |
Mali
|