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Object Number
2004.24.8530
Display Title
Entrance ot chief's compound
Descriptions
Object Description
Kpwele - Entrance to chief's compound. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Rural
- Ethnographic
- Entrance
- Gate
- Village
- Hut
- Floral
- Man
- Stalk
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Kpelle
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.8891 | Entrance to paramount Chief Wo's Zurii compound |
Zurii
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| 2004.24.8892 | Entrance to paramount Chief Wo's Zurii compound |
Zurii
| ||
| 2004.24.8893 | Entrance to paramount Chief Wo's Zurii compound |
Zurii
| ||
| 2004.24.8579 | Local chiefs from near Miama |
Miama
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| 2004.24.8578 | Local chiefs from near Miama |
Miama
| ||
| 2004.24.9054 | Village medicine man and chief's grave |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9094 | Men sitting on stones at chief's grave |
Grave
| ||
| 2004.24.9166 | Non-tax paying chiefs |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8868 | Chief's hut and grave, half grebo, kunebo clan |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8869 | Chief's grave, half-grebo, Kunebo clan |
Grave
| ||
| 2004.24.8438 | Chief's Palaver house at Fumban |
Fumban
| ||
| 2004.24.8894 | Hut in paramount Chief Wo's Zurii compound |
Liberia
|