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Object Number
2004.24.6906B
Display Title
Mashing yams
Descriptions
Subject
- Structure
- Tool
- Food Preparation
- Woman
Department
Photographic
Date
1921
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 6.35 x 10.8 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.11838 | Mashing yams |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.24.6953D | Store house for yams |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6741 | Yams in storehouse |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.23315 | Three women carrying yams in baskets |
Vanuatu
| ||
| 2004.29.22631 | Display of large yams |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22619 | Group, men with drums, strings of yams hung from tower |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.23274 | Two men and a boy carrying vegetables, yams and coconuts from their garden |
Vanuatu
Malo Island | ||
| 2004.29.23279 | Two men and a boy carrying yams and coconuts back from their gardens |
Vanuatu
Malo Island | ||
| 2004.29.21945 | People with turtles and mounds of yams |
Fiji
| ||
| 2004.29.23203 | People of Merelava with yams and coconuts for ship use |
Banks Group
Vanuatu | ||
| 18-20-70/D1159 | Cocoanut leaf basket, for taro, yams, etc. (kilika) |
Basket
|
New Britain
| |
| 2004.24.6857 | Children mashing plantains for supper |
Cameroon
|