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Object Number
2004.24.8651
Display Title
Sesengge and two wives
Descriptions
Object Description
Chief Towi's favorites. Gio, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 43, b.
Subject
- Dress
- Makeup
- Costume
- Jewelry
- Wife
- Face
- Woman
- Paint
- 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
| ||
| 2004.24.7508 | Sesengge and two wives |
Zaire
| ||
| 2004.24.8455A | Favorite wives of the king |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8456 | Favorite wives of the king |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8454 | Favorite wives of the king |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8455B | Four wives of the chief, king, ruler, one with umbilical herniation |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8650 | Chief Towi's palaver house |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8561 | Kpelle chief and his wives with some children |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8648 | Domesticated stork in archway, village in distance |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8644 | Gio cat's cradle |
Liberia
|