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Object Number 2004.24.9168
Display Title Men and boys spinning tops on a mat
Descriptions
Object Description Top spinning. Gio, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. fig 100g
Subject
  • Top
  • Ethnographic
  • Mat
  • Man
  • Spin
  • Game
  • Boy
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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