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Object Number 2004.24.9151
Display Title Taro medicine for smith
Descriptions
Object Description Mano [?] medincine for Smith. Ge, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30
Subject
  • Structure
  • Wood
  • Rural
  • medicine
  • Boy
  • Log
  • Ethnographic
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Mano
  • Ngere
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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