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Object Number
59-2-00/1.3.32
Display Title
String figures from the Belgian Congo
Descriptions
Object Description
Photographs of Africans demonstrating string figures from the Belgian Congo from Daniel Sutherland DavidsonPapers. "Rutanda--Bantu Rusunga--palaue nash malengela. Palaue malengela. Coppernoll/Shauh (?). 3. (rough sketch of Frederick Starr book plate used for collection of books relating to Africa "Africa Ex Libris. Frederick Starr"). deCoque. Une. of moruhy (?)."
Department
Photographic
Date
ca. 1907
Artist
Frederick Starr
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Belgian Congo
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 10.795 × 16.51 cm (4 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
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