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Object Number
2004.29.11028
Display Title
Smelting iron ore
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Kivu Lake / Batwa Tribe? / (Pygmy ? group) / Near Kivu Lake Batwa tribe? Smelting iron ore / Gift of Dr. John C. Phillips 1925."
Department
Photographic
Date
1885-1925
Culture
- African styles by region
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Near Kivu Lake
Dimensions
Overall: 12.065 × 17.145 cm (4 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Dr. John C. Phillips
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.11029 | Dugout canoes |
Africa
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| 2004.29.12179 | Batwa men with bows and arrows, with volcanoes in distance |
Kigezi
| ||
| 2004.24.6699B | Roofed platform over furnace, smelting iron from ore |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.24.6699A | Roofed platform over furnace, smelting iron from ore |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.12176 | Three people in front of a hut |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.12177 | Woman and boy in front of hut |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.12164 | Child sitting under small hut, larger hut in background |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.12172 | Rafts of elephant grass for bringing in salt |
Uganda
| ||
| 2004.29.12173 | Two men on shoreline next to piles of salt |
Uganda
| ||
| 2004.29.12144 | Group next to fish trap |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.12165 | Women drying grain in courtyard of house |
Uganda
| ||
| 2004.29.12160 | Large dug-out canoe on lake |
Uganda
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