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Object Number 2004.24.8589
Display Title Kpelle man - Number 12
Descriptions
Object Description Kpelle - subject Number 12, man. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab. 1929-30
Subject
  • Loincloth
  • Man
  • Race
  • Clothing
  • Ethnographic
  • Rural
  • Hut
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Kpelle
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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Kpelle people seeing expedition depart
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Kpelle easy chair
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Kpelle carrying a load
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Kpelle land - bridge en route
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Kpelle - suspension bridge over St. John's River
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