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Object Number
2004.24.17227
Display Title
Carved wooden figures
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden figures. Cameroon (B/4931(2)) Belgian Congo (B/1888) Belgian Congo: Welle Basin (B/1585). Bakongo Tribe (B/1888). Bafusam Tribe (B/4931(2))
Keywords
- Studio
- Ethnographic
- Effigy
Subject
- Wood
- Figure
- Carved
Department
Photographic
Date
11/1944
Artist
Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
- Central Bantu
- Kongo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
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