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Poro leader
Object Number 2004.24.8889
Display Title Poro leader
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on photograph: "Por cult leader, "bush devil," at Zunii. Mano tribe, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 107, e"
Subject
  • Ethnographic
  • Hut
  • Man
  • Cult
  • Religion
  • Leader
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Mano
  • Ngere
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Zurii
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Historical Language
Museum staff recognize the offensive nature of the term "Bush" in describing individuals and activities. The term is listed here as it is part of the original documentation of past collecting practices and past methods of analysis.

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