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Object Number 2004.24.9093
Display Title Man constructing mat out of plant material
Descriptions
Object Description Starting mat. Mende stock, Gbunde tribe. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. fig 48b
Subject
  • Hut
  • Ethnographic
  • Construction
  • Man
  • Material
  • Mat
  • Flora
  • Plant
  • Rural
  • Method
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Gbundi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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