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"No trespassing" sign in Basa land
"No trespassing" sign in Basa land
Object Number 2004.24.6701
Display Title "No trespassing" sign in Basa land
Descriptions
Object Description "Sign" is cleft stick, with cross piece of wood to make certain that the "sign" will be heeded, the tree is further protected from would be climbers, by a sufficient number of palm fronds securely fastened to the trunk of the tree.
Subject
  • Tree
  • Man
  • Child
Department Photographic
Date 1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 x 12.7 cm (2 1/2 x 5 in.)

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