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Object Number
2004.24.6699B
Display Title
Roofed platform over furnace, smelting iron from ore
Descriptions
Object Description
Smelthing iron from the ore. N.E. Basa. The furnace, platform on which stand workers when charging furnace with charcoal and ore in proportion of 2" to 1" no aire used here, as iron ore is an oxide. The second film shows the fit as well (in addition to) furnace. Bantu.
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Manufacture and General Utility
- Field
Subject
- Smelting Iron
Department
Photographic
Date
1922
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Basa
- Bantu speaking peoples
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 6.35 x 11.43 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.24.6699A | Roofed platform over furnace, smelting iron from ore |
Cameroon
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| 2004.29.11867 | Smelting - the roof over furnace |
Africa
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| 2004.29.11866 | Smelting - the roof over furnace |
Africa
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| 12-61-70/10861.1.4247 | Blast-furnace for iron smelting, Bulacan |
Bulacan
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| 12-61-70/10861.1.4246 | Blast-furnace for iron smelting, Bulacan |
Bulacan
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| 2004.29.11028 | Smelting iron ore |
Africa
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| 2004.24.6916B | Smelting roof over furnace |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.6916C | Smelting roof over furnace |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6916A | Smelting roof over furnace |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6698A | Smithy where the iron from the furnace is heated |
Cameroon
| ||
Image Not Available
for Image of metal worker at furnace
| 56-55-60/15597 | Image of metal worker at furnace |
China
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Image Not Available
for Copy negative of metal worker at furnace
| 56-55-60/15597.1 | Copy negative of metal worker at furnace |
China
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