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Object Number 2004.29.11745
Display Title Double hut with open storage space between the two
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Basa Tribe / (Bantu) / A double hut with open storage space between the two / Basa / Photos by Rev. George Schwab. 1919-22."
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 6.985 × 10.795 cm (2 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.)

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2004.29.11748 Hut made of palm thatch mats
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2004.29.11849 Two women standing, with hut in background
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Framework of hut ready for mud
2004.29.11808 Framework of hut ready for mud
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Framework for the roof of a hut
2004.29.11807 Framework for the roof of a hut
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2004.29.11743 Man and two women sitting in front of house
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2004.29.11823 Woman working in front of hut
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