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Object Number 2004.29.11725
Display Title First stage in making clay pot rests
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Tribes / (Bantu) / First stage in making clay / post rests : ma jutika or / ma mutika : plural / Basa / Photos by Rev. George Schwab, / 1919-1922."
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 10.795 × 6.985 cm (4 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

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