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Object Number
2004.24.8475
Display Title
Man sitting behind a line of carved, decorated drums
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved drums. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Percussion
- Ethnographic
- Musical
- Drum
- Decoration
- Carving
- Man
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.)
Credit Line
Museum Collection
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