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Object Number
2004.24.30669-1
Display Title
Male and female effigy figures
Descriptions
Object Description
Male and female effigy figure. Bene, Cameroon
Keywords
- Effigy
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Female
- Male
Department
Photographic
Date
1984
Artist
Hillel S. Burger
Culture
- Bene
- Fang
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Equatorial Bantu; Cameroon, southern
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)
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