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Object Number 2004.29.11582
Display Title Four women with plaited hair sitting on a bench in front of a hut
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Beti Tribe / (Bantu) / Manner of plaiting hair / Beti Tribe / Photographs taken by George Schwab. / 1919-22."
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 10.16 cm (2 1/2 × 4 in.)

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