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Women on the way to stream to set shrimp and crab trap
Women on the way to stream to set shrimp and crab trap
Object Number 2004.24.14171
Display Title Women on the way to stream to set shrimp and crab trap
Descriptions
Object Description Women on the way to stream to set shrimp and crab trap. West Africa: Cameroon. Taken by George Schwab, 1934-1935. Acc. No. 35-31. Bantu - Basa. 3 x 4
Keywords
  • Field
  • Ethnographic
  • Fishing
Subject
  • Woman
  • Shrimp
  • Food
  • Stream
  • Crab
  • Trap
Department Photographic
Date 1934-1935
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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