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Webbo clan, old war leader and son - sacrificial fire
Webbo clan, old war leader and son - sacrificial fire
Object Number 2004.24.8808
Display Title Webbo clan, old war leader and son - sacrificial fire
Descriptions
Object Description Old war leader and son - sacrificial fire. Kru stock. Half Grebo Tribe. Webbo Clan. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 85, b.
Subject
  • Man
  • Machete
  • Fire
  • Bowl
  • Faunal
  • Headdress
  • Ceremonial
  • Ethnographic
  • Hair
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Grebo
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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