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Our interpreter plays a musical box
Our interpreter plays a musical box
Object Number 2004.24.8883
Display Title Our interpreter plays a musical box
Descriptions
Object Description Our interpreter plays a musical box. Liberia, Africa. Gbunde, Mende stock. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 78, g
Subject
  • Interpreter
  • Ethnographic
  • Music
  • Instrument
  • String
  • Man
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Gbundi
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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