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Object Number 2004.29.11578
Display Title Chief's orchestra
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Yambasa Tribe / Bongo / Nilotic-Azande / (Bantu) / Yambasa tribe - Chiefs orchestra / Drums are patterned after those of / Hausa / Photographs by George Schwab, 1919-22."
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Yambasa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 5.715 × 10.16 cm (2 1/4 × 4 in.)

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