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Object Number
2004.24.6909D
Display Title
Medicine to insure against evil crossing street, leaves laid out in line to hut
Descriptions
Object Description
a) medicine place, b) medicine against death, c) medicine to insure against evil crossing street, e) medicine to insure success
Keywords
- Floral
Subject
- Clearing
- Hut
- Floral
- Rural
- medicine
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.6909E | Medicine to insure success |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6909C | Medicine against illness |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6909B | Medicine against death |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6909A | Medicine place in clearing |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11761 | Njeb - "medicine" to insure against death |
Africa
| ||
| 22-2-50/B3476 | Charm to insure crop success. |
Medicine bundle
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3463 | "Medicines" to ward off evil see #B3419 |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3461 | "Medicines" to ward off evil |
Raw Material
Ornament |
Cameroon
| |
|
Image Not Available
for "Medicines" to ward off evil see #B3419
| 22-2-50/B3464 | "Medicines" to ward off evil see #B3419 |
Cameroon
| ||
| 22-2-50/B3462 | "Medicines" to ward off evil |
Ornament
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 2004.24.6679 | Man sitting in front of hut with charms to ward off evil |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11773 | Elephant teeth used as medicine |
Africa
|