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Object Number 2004.24.8466
Display Title Men displaying decorative war shields
Descriptions
Object Description War shields. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
  • Shield
  • Rural
  • Hut
  • Symbol
  • Ethnographic
  • Decoration
  • Man
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon

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