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Object Number 2004.24.9194
Display Title Minstrel in crowd
Descriptions
Object Description Chief and minstrel. Gio, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. fig 78f
Subject
  • Headdress
  • Chief
  • Music
  • Bell
  • Instrument
  • Costume
  • Musician
  • Minstrel
  • Headgear
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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