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Object Number
2004.24.8628
Display Title
Sifting out termites wings from bodies
Descriptions
Object Description
Sifting out termites' wings from bodies. Gio, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Basket
- Box
- Bowl
- Village
- Ethnographic
- Woman
- Mat
- Termite
- Food Preparation
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Gio
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 |
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| 2004.24.8627 | Sifting out termites wings from bodies |
Liberia
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| 2004.24.8630 | Sifting out termites wings from bodies |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8629 | Sifting out termites wings from bodies |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8647 | Separating wings and bodies of termites |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8672 | Singeing wings off termites |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8673 | Singeing wings off termites |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8674 | Singeing wings off termites |
Liberia
| ||
| 58-34-20/58667 | Termite nest with section cut out. Smell white objects termites |
Uaxactun
| ||
| 2004.24.6900B | Man sitting next to basket used to catch larvae of termites |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11840 | Baskets used in catching larvae of termites |
Africa
| ||
| 39-32-50/3429 | Termites' nest, principal object in ko set - the part underground in which the q |
Raw Material
Mineral |
Cameroon
| |
| 39-32-50/3410 | Phial containing termites, used ceremonially |
Insect
|
Cameroon
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