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Object Number
2005.3.78.22
Display Title
Opening bush turtle preparatory to cooking it. Shells are split apart with cutlass.
Descriptions
Department
Photographic
Date
1932-1933
Artist
Dr. John P. Gillin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
British Guiana
Additional Geographic Terms
Barama River region
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.8642 | Dance - Preparatory to opening gree gree bush school |
Liberia
| ||
| 2004.24.8653 | Female dance preparatory to opening to gree- gree bush school |
Liberia
| ||
| 37-126-50/3273 | Ebien ya. Old style iron bush cutter or cutlass |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2005.3.72.5 | Bush with underbrush cleared away preparatory to cutting the trees. |
British Guiana
| ||
| 2005.3.66.4 | Making bow of Washiba wood -- using cutlass to reduce it to proper size. |
British Guiana
| ||
| 2004.24.17157 | Knives, cleaver, axe, hoe, cutlass, iron ring, iron bracelet |
Liberia
| ||
| 2005.3.78.23 | Cleaning a bush turtle |
British Guiana
| ||
| 2005.3.78.21 | Turtle trussed with bush rope |
British Guiana
| ||
| 2004.24.14164 | Sharpening a cutlass |
Cameroon
| ||
| 37-32-50/2482 | Cutlass with wooden handle - originally used as both garden tool implement of wa |
Knife
|
Cameroon
| |
| 30-36-50/B4797 | Scepter or cutlass |
Knife
|
Liberia
| |
| 2004.29.6436 | Cast and original obsidian cutlass |
Mexico
|