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Woman with dark tattooing and scarification on chest, face and abdomen
Media Restricted
Object Number 2004.24.8569
Display Title Woman with dark tattooing and scarification on chest, face and abdomen
Descriptions
Object Description Kpelle - woman decorated with black design, Jensu. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 44, c.
Subject
  • Body
  • Ethnographic
  • Rural
  • Woman
  • Decoration
  • Scar
  • Tattoo
  • Design
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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