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Object Number
2004.24.8900
Display Title
Grave at Busii, used to whet machetes
Descriptions
Object Description
Grave at Busli, used to what machetes. Mano, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Blanket
- Man
- Grave
- Machete
- Ethnographic
- Rural
- Rock
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Mano
- Ngere
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Liberia
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<County>
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<City>
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Grave
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.8896 | Looms at Buzi, or Busii |
Busi
| ||
| 20-29-50/B2191 | Machete |
Sword
|
Cameroon
| |
| 20-29-50/B2191.1 | Machete |
Sword
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2004.24.9149 | Grave of chief |
Grave
| ||
| 2004.24.13954A | Scar received from hacking with machete in an affair of honor |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.9054 | Village medicine man and chief's grave |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9094 | Men sitting on stones at chief's grave |
Grave
| ||
| 2004.24.6926A | Two men sitting on ground sharpening cutlasses or machetes on rock |
Cameroon
| ||
| 22-2-50/B3596 | Chisel used for cutting down bunches of palm nuts, instead of machete+ |
Chisel
|
Cameroon
| |
| 40-88-20/76388.1.48 | Huichol hunter with brazil-wood bow, reed arrows, and dog |
Jalisco
| ||
| 2004.24.8945 | Sapo, Pudu clan, grave showing half- Grebo influence |
Grave
| ||
| 2004.24.8850 | Grave, Sapa, Sabo clan |
Grave
|