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Object Number 2004.24.7547.1
Display Title Frontal view of Karu man
Descriptions
Object Description Bust and profile of Karu man
Subject
  • Ethnographic
  • Rural
  • Man
  • Hut
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist Patrick T. L. Putnam
Culture
  • Luba
  • Mongo
  • Karu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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