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Object Number 59-2-00/1.6.12.1
Display Title String figures from the Beligian Congo mounted on paper with Davidson's notes.
Descriptions
Object Description Photographs of Africans demonstrating string figures from the Belgian Congo from Daniel Sutherland Davidson Papers. "43. kupinda kana mikolo na malengela nasha kwenda kulua kupwa also." Pencil drawing included on page.
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1907
Artist Daniel Sutherland Davidson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Dimensions Overall: 27.9401 × 21.59 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1

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