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Man squatting at medicine place
Man squatting at medicine place
Object Number 2004.24.13867
Display Title Man squatting at medicine place
Descriptions
Object Description Medicine place for making medicine. W. Africa: Souther Cameroon.
Subject
  • Ethnographic
  • medicine
  • Tuberculosis
  • Man
  • disease
Department Photographic
Date 1934
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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