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Object Number 2004.24.13801
Display Title Old Sada - Ko Cult leader - front view
Descriptions
Object Description "Old Sada" - Ko cult leader - front view. W. Africa: Souther Cameroon
Subject
  • Cult
  • Leaf
  • Leader
  • Woman
  • Skirt
  • Ethnographic
  • Costume
Department Photographic
Date 1934
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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