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Object Number
2004.24.8440
Display Title
Cult dance at Fumban
Descriptions
Object Description
Cult dance at Fumban. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Skull
- Bone
- Ethnographic
- Leopard
- Ceremony
- Shell
- Headdress
- Cowrie
- Costume
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Cameroon
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<State>
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<County>
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Fumban
Additional Geographic Terms
Highlands
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.24.8438 | Chief's Palaver house at Fumban |
Fumban
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| 2004.24.8441 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
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| 2004.24.8446 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
| ||
| 2004.24.8445 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
| ||
| 2004.24.8444 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
| ||
| 2004.24.8443 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
| ||
| 2004.24.8442 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
| ||
| 2004.24.8448 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
| ||
| 2004.24.8447 | Cult members in phase of stunts |
Fumban
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| 2004.24.8488 | Cult leader after it was all over |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.8484 | Large, cult mask, grass or straw fringe |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.8485 | Large, cult masks, grass or straw fringe |
Cameroon
|