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Object Number
2004.24.14161
Display Title
Bilun player
Descriptions
Object Description
Bilun player. West Africa: Cameroon. Taken by George Schwab, 1934-1935. Acc. No. 35-31. Bantu - Basa. 3 x 4
Subject
- Bilun
- Music
- Boy
- Instrument
- Musician
- Male
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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| 2004.24.14157 | Basa before hut |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.14165 | Paramount Chief Mahop me Mbom, chief of largest of Basa clans |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.14167 | View from rear porch of Mr. And Mrs. Schwab's house |
Sakbayeme
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| 2004.24.14166 | Hamlet belonging to Paramount Chief Mahop me Mbom |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.14158 | Drying oil palm nuts |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.14159 | Goat and sheep pen |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.14164 | Sharpening a cutlass |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.14170 | Cooking oil palm nuts for palm oil |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.14171 | Women on the way to stream to set shrimp and crab trap |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.14172 | Woman on the way to stream to set shrimp and crab traps |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.14173 | Wild mango nut kernels mashed and cooked for gravy stock |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.13928 | Son of a Basa chief, front view |
Cameroon
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