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Woman's fishing net of string with reed
Woman's fishing net of string with reed
Object Number 2004.24.17203
Display Title Woman's fishing net of string with reed
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's fishing net of string with reed. LIberia. Bassa Tribe. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXI, fig. 49, a.
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Fishing
  • Studio
Subject
  • Woman
  • String
  • Net
  • Reed
  • Tool
  • Fish
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Monrovia
Intrasite Firestone Plantation
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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