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Chair from Africa
Object Number 2004.24.8404
Display Title Chair from Africa
Descriptions
Object Description Chair, Africa-Liberia, H/913
Subject
  • Ethnographic
  • Decorated
  • Chair
  • Metal
  • Wood
Department Photographic
Date 1932
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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