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Woman on the way to stream to set shrimp and crab traps
Woman on the way to stream to set shrimp and crab traps
Object Number 2004.24.14172
Display Title Woman on the way to stream to set shrimp and crab traps
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
  • Fishing
  • Field
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Shrimp
  • Trap
  • Crab
  • Woman
  • Stream
  • Food
Department Photographic
Date 1934-1935
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
  • Bantu speaking peoples
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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