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Object Number 36-60-50/13137.1.211
Display Title Bangwa figure
Descriptions
Classification
  • Photographic
Department Photographic
Date 1935
Artist Walker Evans
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Dimensions Overall: 22.9 x 11.3 cm (9 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase, 1936

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