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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
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Credit Line Museum Collection

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