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Object Number
2004.24.9083
Display Title
Women dying cloth in large cauldron
Descriptions
Object Description
Town dye works. Mende stock, Gbunde tribe. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
- Woman
- Work
- Cloth
- Ethnographic
- dye
- Cauldron
- Village
- Pot
- Method
- Town
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Gbundi
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.11662 | Town dye works |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9105 | Head medicine woman and two other in front of medicine hut |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9050 | Musician with large horn and small cat |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8766 | Group gathered by dye pots |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9104 | Three women of varying ages, center woman is head medicine woman |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9058 | Man with basket and woman carrying bowl in front of Yela town entrance |
Yela
| ||
| 2004.24.9054 | Village medicine man and chief's grave |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9070 | Town sacrificial place |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8899 | Individual making balls of gala leaves for blue dye |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9053 | Three women carrying large loads |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9103 | No. 15 woman -side view |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9106 | No. 15 man - front view |
Liberia
|