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Object Number 2004.24.8454
Display Title Favorite wives of the king
Descriptions
Object Description The king's favorite wives. Bamum. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
  • King
  • Rural
  • Costume
  • Jewelry
  • Ethnographic
  • Woman
  • Medical
  • Wife
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Mum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Highlands
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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