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Gio girls and women, Mende
Gio girls and women, Mende
Object Number 2004.24.9015
Display Title Gio girls and women, Mende
Descriptions
Subject
  • Child
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Gio
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
Gio girl being carried to Sande Bush, Mende
2004.24.9014 Gio girl being carried to Sande Bush, Mende
Liberia
Gio girl being carried to Sande Bush
2004.24.9011 Gio girl being carried to Sande Bush
Liberia
Gio girl being carried to Sande Bush
2004.24.9012 Gio girl being carried to Sande Bush
Liberia
Gio women at Tapitown
2004.24.9017 Gio women at Tapitown
Tapitown
Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them
2001.29.16935 Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31360 "The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Fish skin trader women and two girls sitting
2010.5.35761 Fish skin trader women and two girls sitting
Manchuria
Women and girls dancing during spree at Sawari
2005.3.80.12 Women and girls dancing during spree at Sawari
British Guiana
Group of women and girls standing, including two women wearing bead aprons dyed pink, with a girl wearing a dress standing next to them
2001.29.1082 Group of women and girls standing, including two women wearing bead aprons dyed pink, with a girl wearing a dress standing next to them
Ovamboland
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31343 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with N!ai dancing in a hole made by their feet, two girls with their hands on the heads, John Marshall filming them
2001.29.16923 Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with N!ai dancing in a hole made by their feet, two girls with their hands on the heads, John Marshall filming them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with one girl being carried away by other dancers, John Marshall filming them
2001.29.16926 Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with one girl being carried away by other dancers, John Marshall filming them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy