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Object Number 2004.29.11586
Display Title Woman in mourning
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Beti Tribe / (Bantu) / Woman in mourning / 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: 10.795 × 6.35 cm (4 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

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Woman and man standing, man has enlarged leg
2004.29.11584 Woman and man standing, man has enlarged leg
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Group of women standing
2004.29.11580 Group of women standing
Africa
Two boys standing
2004.29.11585 Two boys standing
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
Man's mourning costume
2004.29.11799 Man's mourning costume
Africa
Woman in mourning for dead brother
2004.29.11857 Woman in mourning for dead brother
Africa
Basa woman and Pygmy woman
2004.29.11751 Basa woman and Pygmy woman
Africa
Basa woman and Pygmy woman
2004.29.11752 Basa woman and Pygmy woman
Africa
Banen woman
2004.29.11531 Banen woman
Africa
Woman scraping soup stock from a block of wild mango kernel
2004.29.11890 Woman scraping soup stock from a block of wild mango kernel
Africa