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Fertility and "medicine" heap
Object Number 2004.29.11528
Display Title Fertility and "medicine" heap
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Banen Tribe / (Bantu) / A fertility and "medicine" heap. / Banen Tribe / Photographs by George Schwab, 1919-22"
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Banen
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 10.795 cm (2 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)

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