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Object Number
2004.24.6708
Display Title
Making raffia mats for roofs
Descriptions
Subject
- Roof
- Structure
- Mat
- Man
Department
Photographic
Date
1922
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 6.35 x 11.43 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.11837 | Man making palm roof mats |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.8468 | Native Raffia Mats - tents in which silver work was shown |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11833 | Man splitting raffia palm frond stems for lath in roof-mat making |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11834 | Man splitting raffia palm frond stems for lath in roof-mat making |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.6918D | Hut construction process, Wooden framework for half of roof ready for mats |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6918E | Hut construction process, manner of tying mats to roof |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11862 | Mats tied to roof of hut |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11830 | Mat making - bringing in a bundle of stems of ndomboo for mats |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11836 | Binding leaves around laths to make roof mats |
Africa
| ||
| 2001.29.10887 | Village huts, showing mats and roof line, with two people in the background |
Kavango East
Ngamiland (North West) | ||
| 2004.29.3569 | Tlingit women making mats |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.29.11748 | Hut made of palm thatch mats |
Africa
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