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Diviner and young boy, preparing hot iron
Diviner and young boy, preparing hot iron
Object Number 2004.24.8676
Display Title Diviner and young boy, preparing hot iron
Descriptions
Object Description Diviner, preparatory administering "hot iron" ordeal. Gio, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
  • Ceremony
  • Hat
  • Ethnographic
  • Hut
  • Fire
  • Boy
  • Rural
  • Diviner
  • Child
  • Iron
  • Man
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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