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Woman making clay pot rests
Woman making clay pot rests
Object Number 2004.24.6894B
Display Title Woman making clay pot rests
Descriptions
Object Description a) making pots, b) making clay pot rests, c) making pots
Keywords
  • Field
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Woman
  • Clay
  • Rural
  • Pottery
Department Photographic
Date 1921
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5 in.)

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