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Person wearing large brass anklets and leg calf ornaments
Person wearing large brass anklets and leg calf ornaments
Object Number 2004.24.8631
Display Title Person wearing large brass anklets and leg calf ornaments
Descriptions
Object Description Gio anklets - This pair is in museum. Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 44, b.
Subject
  • Leg
  • Rural
  • Anklet
  • Costume
  • Ethnographic
  • Jewelry
  • Ornament
  • Brass
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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