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Clearing where women go to give birth
Clearing where women go to give birth
Object Number 2004.24.8656
Display Title Clearing where women go to give birth
Descriptions
Object Description Place where women go to bear children. Gio, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
  • Ethnographic
  • Clearing
  • Rural
  • Labor
  • Woman
  • Birth
  • Child
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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