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Object Number
2004.29.11755
Display Title
Sharpening cutlasses
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Basa Tribe / (Bantu) / Sharpening cutlasses before day's work / has begun / Basa Tribe / Photo's 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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.6926A | Two men sitting on ground sharpening cutlasses or machetes on rock |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11853 | Woman carrying basket on back |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11770 | Keeping skins stretched while drying before pegging to the head of a drum |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11771 | Keeping skins stretched while drying before pegging to the head of a drum |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11811 | Hut almost plastered and ready for smoothing mud walls |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11839 | Yam garden |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11809 | Mining the mud for huts |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11861 | Man constructing a roof |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11738 | Baso hut with decorated panels |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11739 | Shrubbery on road in front of building |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11740 | Wooden structure |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11757 | Man carrying palm branch basket load |
Africa
|