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Pencil drawing of string figures from the Beligian Congo with notes.
Pencil drawing of string figures from the Beligian Congo with notes.
Object Number 59-2-00/1.6.19.4
Display Title Pencil drawing of string figures from the Beligian Congo with notes.
Descriptions
Object Description Pencil drawings of string figures from the Belgian Congo from Daniel Sutherland Davidson Papers. "#2 mwele, boy. Inoko. bon'a huajende, boy, Nkundu. mwanawa doele, boy child. Upoto. matoto maromi, small boy. Balumku." sketches continued on reverse side.
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1907
Artist Daniel Sutherland Davidson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo
Materials Graphite on Paper
Dimensions Overall: 27.9401 × 21.59 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1

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