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Woman sewing fishing net
Object Number 2004.24.8568
Display Title Woman sewing fishing net
Descriptions
Object Description Kpelle - woman making a fishnet Jensu. Liberia, Cameroon [Africa not Cameroon?]. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 46, d.
Subject
  • Village
  • Mat
  • Woman
  • Man
  • Ethnographic
  • Net
  • Fishing
  • Rural
  • Sew
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Kpelle
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Jensu
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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