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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
- Mortar
- Pestle
- Child
- Hut
- Village
- Rural
- Ethnographic
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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