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Object Number
2004.24.8650
Display Title
Chief Towi's palaver house
Descriptions
Object Description
Chief Towi's palaver house. Gio, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Rural
- Headman
- Architecture
- Chief
- Man
- House
- Hut
- Ethnographic
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.8686 | Chief Towi with some wives |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8637 | Chief Towi and wives |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8646 | Chief Towi and wives |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8651 | Sesengge and two wives |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8675 | Chief Towi and his "Medicines" |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8438 | Chief's Palaver house at Fumban |
Fumban
| ||
| 2004.24.9059 | Men gathered outside of palaver house, public house |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8608 | Palaver house. Mano, Mende stock |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9071 | Interior of Palaver house showing carved posts |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8919 | Place before Palaver house |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8911 | Sapo, Palepo clan, medicine place before palaver house. |
Yopolo
| ||
| 2004.24.8907 | Village Palaver house at Yopolo |
Yopolo
|