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Object Number 2004.24.8616
Display Title Smithy working under hut canopy
Descriptions
Object Description Smithy. Mano, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
  • Hut
  • Tool
  • Blade
  • Ethnographic
  • Hook
  • Village
  • Man
  • Smithy
  • Rural
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Mano
  • Ngere
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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