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Wild mango nut kernels mashed and cooked for gravy stock
Wild mango nut kernels mashed and cooked for gravy stock
Object Number 2004.24.14173
Display Title Wild mango nut kernels mashed and cooked for gravy stock
Descriptions
Object Description Wild mango nut kernels mashed and cooked for gravy stock (they harden when cooked and the lump is scraped for stock as needed). West Africa: Cameroon. Taken by George Schwab, 1934-1935. Acc. No. 35-31. Bantu - Basa. 3 x 4
Keywords
  • Field
  • Household
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Gravy
  • Mash
  • Mango
  • Kernel
  • Stock
  • Wild
  • cooking
Department Photographic
Date 1934-1935
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Basa
  • Bantu speaking peoples
  • 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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