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Object Number
2004.24.8572
Display Title
Boys just out from Poro bush school
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on photograph: "Kpelle boys just out from Boro bush. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 92, d."
Subject
- Paint
- Shawl
- Ethnographic
- Body
- Hat
- Rural
- Robe
- Costume
- Blanket
- Boy
- Child
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Kpelle
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
<City>
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Jensu
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.8574 | Boys just out from Poro bush school |
Jensu
| ||
| 2004.24.8527 | Person standing in front of the entrance to a Poro bush school |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8547 | Boys in Poro bush school |
Nama
| ||
| 2004.24.8889 | Poro leader |
Zurii
| ||
| 2004.24.8653 | Female dance preparatory to opening to gree- gree bush school |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9066 | Entrance to Poro bush school with gate and stone circles |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9089 | Poro bush school |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8575 | Boys of government school |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8629 | Sifting out termites wings from bodies |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.29.11669 | Poro bush school |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8579 | Local chiefs from near Miama |
Miama
| ||
| 2004.24.8564 | Kpelle female Debtor in stocks at Jensu |
Jensu
|