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Object Number
2004.24.8577
Display Title
Hanging protective medicine in hut
Descriptions
Object Description
Kpelle - "med." to protect hut. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 36, h.
Subject
- Ethnographic
- medicine
- Hut
- Protection
- Bell
- Rural
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Kpelle
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.8853 | Hut shrine, Sapa, Sabo clan |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8634 | Medicine house and Guardian |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8504 | Drawing, on hut or animal skin, of various designs |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8614 | Hut under construction, walls not yet covered with mud |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8946 | Hut under construction, Sapo, Pudu clan |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8921 | Hut in process of constructing, Kirepo clan |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8922 | Hut, Kirepo clan |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8940 | Sapo, Pudu clan, hut |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8592 | Man standing in pants and shirt in front of hut, front view |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8911 | Sapo, Palepo clan, medicine place before palaver house. |
Yopolo
| ||
| 2004.24.8562 | Kpelle people seeing expedition depart |
Galai
| ||
| 2004.24.8903 | Sapo clan, Palaver house and village medicine place |
Liberia
|