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Woman with scarified chest and abdomen and painted face, side or profile view
Media Restricted
Object Number 2004.24.8593
Display Title Woman with scarified chest and abdomen and painted face, side or profile view
Descriptions
Object Description Kpele - subject no. 2, woman. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 103, b.
Subject
  • Rural
  • Body Decoration
  • Paint
  • Ethnographic
  • Woman
  • Tattoo
  • Scarification
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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