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Object Number
2004.24.6919B
Display Title
Bound leaves for roof
Descriptions
Object Description
a) Roof of temporary shelter, b) Bound leaves for roof, c) hot season shelter, d) Method of roof construction after palm thatch has been tied to rafters.
Subject
- Roof
- Floral
- Hut
- Rural
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.6919D | Method of roof construction after palm thatch has been tied to rafters. |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6919A | Roof of temporary shelter |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6919C | People hanging out in front of hot season shelter |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11861 | Man constructing a roof |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11813 | Roof of a temporary shelter |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11836 | Binding leaves around laths to make roof mats |
Africa
| ||
| 2006.16.1.12.14 | Hom leaves and roof of lisé in Wuperainma I |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2004.24.8528 | Man constructing roof out of bound leaves |
Cameroon
| ||
| 79-14-20/17413.2 | Raincoat, 2 tiers of leaves bound with cord onto neck tie-cord |
Raincoat
|
Toluca
| |
| 2006.37.1.38.32 | Child helps men build hunu roof |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 24-52-40/E3122 | Clay from pit roof with imprints of rafters |
Ceramic
Raw Material |
England
| |
| 2006.37.1.38.23 | Men building hunu roof |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
|