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Object Number 2004.24.9156
Display Title Chief sewing striped cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Mano chief sewing cloth. Mende stock. Liberia, Africa, George Schwab, 1929-30. fig 54d
Subject
  • Cloth
  • Hut
  • Rural
  • Method
  • Sew
  • Ethnographic
  • Bowl
  • Chief
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Ngere
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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