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Object Number 2004.24.9094
Display Title Men sitting on stones at chief's grave
Descriptions
Object Description At Chief's grave. Mende stock, Gbunde tribe. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. fig. 37h
Subject
  • Rural
  • Boy
  • Ethnographic
  • Headman
  • Grave
  • Chief
  • Man
  • Stone
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Gbundi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Grave
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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