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Object Number
2004.24.8469
Display Title
Hanging Raffia mats with various decorative designs
Descriptions
Object Description
Native cloth in hand drawn designs. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Mat
- Ethnographic
- Tent
- Woman
- Raffia
- Symbol
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.8470 | Woven cloth with hand drawn designs |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8468 | Native Raffia Mats - tents in which silver work was shown |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6708 | Making raffia mats for roofs |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8467 | Men displaying decorative war shields |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8466 | Men displaying decorative war shields |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8459 | Decorative stool and table purchased for the museum |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8504 | Drawing, on hut or animal skin, of various designs |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11942 | Making designs on bark cloth |
Cameroon
| ||
| 30-2-50/13184.1.4 | Textile with hand-inked design |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11830 | Mat making - bringing in a bundle of stems of ndomboo for mats |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11748 | Hut made of palm thatch mats |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11836 | Binding leaves around laths to make roof mats |
Africa
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