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Object Number 2004.29.11585
Display Title Two boys standing
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Beti Tribe / (Bantu) / Boys in dress denoting / are soon to be circumcised- / were also smeared with / redwood poweder / ne-Basa / 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: 10.16 × 6.35 cm (4 × 2 1/2 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Boys in dress denoting they are soon to be circumcised
2004.24.26550 Boys in dress denoting they are soon to be circumcised
Africa
Group of women standing
2004.29.11580 Group of women standing
Africa
Woman and man standing, man has enlarged leg
2004.29.11584 Woman and man standing, man has enlarged leg
Africa
Hunting party
2004.29.11581 Hunting party
Africa
Four women with plaited hair sitting on a bench in front of a hut
2004.29.11582 Four women with plaited hair sitting on a bench in front of a hut
Africa
Drying grain seeds
2004.29.11583 Drying grain seeds
Africa
Woman in mourning
2004.29.11586 Woman in mourning
Africa
Woman and boy standing in front of a hut
2004.29.11871 Woman and boy standing in front of a hut
Africa
Four boys
2004.29.11793 Four boys
Africa
Three boys
2004.29.11792 Three boys
Africa
Two men and a boy standing in front of a tree
2004.29.11513 Two men and a boy standing in front of a tree
Africa
Boy standing, with house in background
2004.29.11794 Boy standing, with house in background
Africa