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Object Number
2004.24.9188
Display Title
Village sacrificial place
Descriptions
Object Description
Town Sacrificial Place. Gio, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30.
Subject
- Wood
- Town
- Village
- Ceremonial
- Ethnographic
- Sacrifice
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.9070 | Town sacrificial place |
Liberia
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| 2004.24.8824 | Tuabo clan, town sacrificial and medicinal place |
Liberia
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| 2004.24.9125 | Man walking past village sacrificial place, stones around sticks |
Liberia
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| 2004.24.8807 | Webbo clan, old war leader and son - sacrificial fire |
Liberia
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| 2004.24.8808 | Webbo clan, old war leader and son - sacrificial fire |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9192 | Boy sitting outside village medical house |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8903 | Sapo clan, Palaver house and village medicine place |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.9054 | Village medicine man and chief's grave |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8719 | Python killed, Towe's town |
Liberia
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| 2004.24.8720 | Python killed - Towe's town |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8656 | Clearing where women go to give birth |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8648 | Domesticated stork in archway, village in distance |
Liberia
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