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Object Number 2004.24.6741
Display Title Yams in storehouse
Descriptions
Object Description Yams in store "house" an enclosure, with semi-shade roof of palm fronds branches or merely poles.
Subject
  • Interior
  • Building
  • Produce
Department Photographic
Date 1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bété
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 x 12.7 cm (2 1/2 x 5 in.)

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