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Object Number 2004.29.11750
Display Title Playing the hilun
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Basa Tribe / (Bantu) / Playing the "hilun" - now in Museum / Basa Tribe / Photographs 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Making a modern door
2004.29.11860 Making a modern door
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
Basa greeting
2004.29.11754 Basa greeting
Africa
Man constructing a roof
2004.29.11861 Man constructing a roof
Africa
Dog
2004.29.11753 Dog
Africa
Hut hearth
2004.29.11863 Hut hearth
Africa
Mats tied to roof of hut
2004.29.11862 Mats tied to roof of hut
Africa
Hut hearth
2004.29.11865 Hut hearth
Africa
Hut hearth
2004.29.11864 Hut hearth
Africa
Smelting - the roof over furnace
2004.29.11867 Smelting - the roof over furnace
Africa
Smelting - the roof over furnace
2004.29.11866 Smelting - the roof over furnace
Africa