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Object Number
2004.24.8580
Display Title
Kpelle - making knife handles at smithy
Descriptions
Object Description
Kpelle - making knife handles at smithy. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Rural
- Tool
- Man
- Ethnographic
- Handle
- Smithy
- Knife
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.9062 | Village smithy |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9060 | Village smithy |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8912 | Sapo, Palepo clan, the Smithy at Yopolo |
Yopolo
| ||
| 2004.24.8616 | Smithy working under hut canopy |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8571 | Kpelle easy chair |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8561 | Kpelle chief and his wives with some children |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8564 | Kpelle female Debtor in stocks at Jensu |
Jensu
| ||
| 2004.24.8562 | Kpelle people seeing expedition depart |
Galai
| ||
| 2004.24.8581 | Kpelle - number 2 man |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8589 | Kpelle man - Number 12 |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8576 | Kpelle - Buying a pair of anklets |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8566 | Kpelle - suspension bridge over St. John's River |
Liberia
|