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Object Number
2004.24.9054
Display Title
Village medicine man and chief's grave
Descriptions
Object Description
Town medicine and chief's grave. Mende stock. Buzi tribe (Loma). Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. Ritual Funeral.
Subject
- Rural
- Grave
- Hut
- Chief
- Man
- medicine
- Ethnographic
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Toma
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.9094 | Men sitting on stones at chief's grave |
Grave
| ||
| 2004.24.8868 | Chief's hut and grave, half grebo, kunebo clan |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8869 | Chief's grave, half-grebo, Kunebo clan |
Grave
| ||
| 2004.29.11620 | Town Medicine Chief's grave |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9149 | Grave of chief |
Grave
| ||
| 2004.24.9166 | Non-tax paying chiefs |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9068 | Chief Kolba-Kpelle |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9058 | Man with basket and woman carrying bowl in front of Yela town entrance |
Yela
| ||
| 2004.24.9105 | Head medicine woman and two other in front of medicine hut |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8530 | Entrance ot chief's compound |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.8579 | Local chiefs from near Miama |
Miama
| ||
| 2004.24.8578 | Local chiefs from near Miama |
Miama
|