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Profile view of young girl with necklace and facial scar tattooing
Profile view of young girl with necklace and facial scar tattooing
Object Number 2004.24.7436.2
Display Title Profile view of young girl with necklace and facial scar tattooing
Descriptions
Object Description Africa Logo of Sestengge;s Village near Faradje.
Subject
  • Tattoo
  • Jewelry
  • Ethnographic
  • Woman
  • Rural
  • Necklace
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist Patrick T. L. Putnam
Culture
  • Logo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Faradje, near; Sesengge's village
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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