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Young boy walking on stilts with aid of another boy in hat, and women looking on
Young boy walking on stilts with aid of another boy in hat, and women looking on
Object Number 2004.24.9189
Display Title Young boy walking on stilts with aid of another boy in hat, and women looking on
Descriptions
Object Description Gio stilt walker. Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. fig 100a
Subject
  • Ethnographic
  • Stilt
  • Hat
  • Performance
  • Boy
  • Woman
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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