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Object Number
2004.24.8634
Display Title
Medicine house and Guardian
Descriptions
Object Description
Gio med. House and guardian. Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 94, f.
Subject
- House
- Architecture
- Rural
- medicine
- Child
- Ethnographic
- Hut
- Woman
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.8911 | Sapo, Palepo clan, medicine place before palaver house. |
Yopolo
| ||
| 2004.24.8903 | Sapo clan, Palaver house and village medicine place |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8606 | Rice "Kitchen" or store house |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8907 | Village Palaver house at Yopolo |
Yopolo
| ||
| 2004.24.8694 | Old war drum |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8631 | Person wearing large brass anklets and leg calf ornaments |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8629 | Sifting out termites wings from bodies |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8651 | Sesengge and two wives |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8648 | Domesticated stork in archway, village in distance |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8644 | Gio cat's cradle |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8636 | Decorated women, various styles of brass anklets and other personal decoration |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8632 | Gio war leader |
Liberia
|