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Object Number
59-2-00/1.3.75
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. "9. Maiyomampongo = fish eye. Ikoko. Inoko. bauses ba npongo = npongo eye. Nkundu. npongo a large fish water fish. libundu = fish. Baugala. mbouu = fish, a large Upoto. mabringi (?) mauali = two buildings. Ngombe."
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: 12.7 × 17.78 cm (5 × 7 in.)
Quantity
1
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