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Object Number
2004.24.6679
Display Title
Man sitting in front of hut with charms to ward off evil
Descriptions
Object Description
Chains ("medicines") before and on a hut to ward off evils, illnesses, etc. From the hut is suspended the "njels" (?!) Possessed by the Museum catalog# B-3462. Banta.
Subject
- Hut
- Pot
- Rural
- Man
- Ethnographic
- Ceramic
Department
Photographic
Date
1922
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Highlands
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 5.08 x 10.16 cm (2 x 4 in.)
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