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Object Number 2004.29.11507
Display Title Hut of Hausa type with grass tied for trimming edges
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Babutu / Tribe of Cameroun / Bantu / (linguistic group 6/96) / (Sudanese) / Hut of Hausa type - grass tied for / trimming edges / Babutu Tribe, Sudanese / Taken by George Schwab, 1919-22"
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Babutu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 10.795 cm (2 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)

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