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String figures from the Beligian Congo
String figures from the Beligian Congo
Object Number 59-2-00/1.3.21
Display Title String figures from the Beligian Congo
Descriptions
Object Description Photographs of Africans demonstrating string figures from the Belgian Congo from Daniel Sutherland DavidsonPapers. "28. nkole la ngome = little ____ and big ____. nkundu. Baroki--Bonquinda."
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1907
Artist Frederick Starr
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 × 17.78 cm (5 × 7 in.)
Quantity 1

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