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Young child learning to use mortar and pestle
Young child learning to use mortar and pestle
Object Number 2004.24.8643B
Display Title Young child learning to use mortar and pestle
Descriptions
Object Description Copy negative of 8643B. Learning young. Gio, Mende stock. Liberia, Africa. George Schwab, 1929-30. Original nitrate destroyed 1974. Hillel Burger 1978.
Subject
  • Hut
  • Rural
  • Ethnographic
  • Village
  • Mortar
  • Pestle
  • Child
Department Photographic
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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