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Object Number 2004.24.7559
Display Title Gombari little person with wife in clearing, dwarfism
Descriptions
Object Description Gobari dwarf and wife (front view). Belgian Congo. Includes print.
Subject
  • Woman
  • Ethnographic
  • Dwarfism
  • Man
  • Genetic Variation
  • Hat
  • Feather
  • Rural
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist Patrick T. L. Putnam
Culture
  • Gombari
  • Equatorial Bantu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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Profile view, young male Gombari Pygmy
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Frontal view of young male Gombari Pygmy
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Frontal view of male Gombari Pygmy
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