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Object Number
2004.24.8639
Display Title
Frontal view, young girl in traditional dress, face painted
Descriptions
Object Description
Gio girl. Mende stock, Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Cowrie
- Portrait
- Girl
- Decorated
- Painted
- Costume
- Ethnographic
- Necklace
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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