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Object Number
2004.24.6927B
Display Title
Man gathering stems for mat making
Descriptions
Object Description
Series of 4: a) Boy making mat, b) Bring in bundle of stems for mat making, c)Removing pith from bark layer, d) Boy making mat - mat making G. Schwab.
Keywords
- Floral
Subject
- Floral
- Man
- Mat
- Rural
Department
Photographic
Date
1921
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Basa
- 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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| 2004.24.6927A | Man making a mat from stems |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.6927C | Man removing pith from bark layer for mat making |
Cameroon
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| 2004.24.6927D | Man making mat |
Cameroon
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| 2004.29.11830 | Mat making - bringing in a bundle of stems of ndomboo for mats |
Africa
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| 2004.29.11833 | Man splitting raffia palm frond stems for lath in roof-mat making |
Africa
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| 2004.29.11834 | Man splitting raffia palm frond stems for lath in roof-mat making |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11831 | Mat making - removing pith from outer or bark layer |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11723 | Boy making mat |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11832 | Mat making - weaving the mat |
Africa
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| 2004.29.11837 | Man making palm roof mats |
Africa
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| 2004.29.11835 | Roof mat making - "sewing" the leaflets with skewers |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.6918D | Hut construction process, Wooden framework for half of roof ready for mats |
Cameroon
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