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Object Number
2004.24.7550
Display Title
Profile view of Karu female with hair pin decoration
Descriptions
Object Description
Africa, Beligian Congo. Profile Karu female.
Subject
- Adornment
- Hut
- Ethnographic
- Woman
- Hairpin
- Rural
Department
Photographic
Date
1929
Artist
Patrick T. L. Putnam
Culture
- Mongo
- Luba
- Karu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)
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