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Bride being escorted by family to her husband's village
Bride being escorted by family to her husband's village
Object Number 2004.24.6858
Display Title Bride being escorted by family to her husband's village
Descriptions
Object Description Escorting a bride (girl second from the left) to her husband;s village. Other women are wives of the man, girl is his daughter. G. Schwab 1920-21.
Subject
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Staff
  • Machete
  • Rural
  • Basket
  • bride
  • Road
Department Photographic
Date 1920
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bene
  • Fang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 13.97 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

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