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Object Number
2004.24.8478
Display Title
Carved wooden idol
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved wooden figures. Idols. Cameroon, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Keywords
- Effigy
- Ethnographic
- Studio
Subject
- Effigy
- Statue
- Ethnographic
- Wood
- Carving
- Art
- Anthropomorphic
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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| 63-31-60/11867.1 | Carved wooden idols (judges) with closed eyes - 13 1/2" high |
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China
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Cameroon
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| 63-31-60/11868.2 | 2 Carved wooden idols (judges) with square hats and open eyes 13 1/2"high |
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