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Object Number
2004.24.8990
Display Title
Hearth
Descriptions
Object Description
Medicine post in homa town. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 37, e
Subject
- Post
- Pot
- Pottery
- Hut
- Ethnographic
- medicine
- Rural
- Village
- Ceramic
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Peripheral Mande
- Kru
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.8903 | Sapo clan, Palaver house and village medicine place |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8526 | Young person visiting sacred site |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8875 | Men at deserted town on the tie-kunebo route |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8873 | Deserted town on the tie-kunebo route |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8823 | Tuabo clan, town drums |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8911 | Sapo, Palepo clan, medicine place before palaver house. |
Yopolo
| ||
| 2004.24.8989 | Stone circle in village |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8869 | Chief's grave, half-grebo, Kunebo clan |
Grave
| ||
| 2004.24.8819 | Tuabo clan, sacrificing |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8577 | Hanging protective medicine in hut |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8634 | Medicine house and Guardian |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8499 | Number 20 man measured |
Cameroon
|