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Object Number
2004.29.11762.1
Display Title
Basa widows
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Basa Tribe / (Bantu) / Basa widows / Basa"
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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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.29.11763 | Basa widows |
Africa
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| 2004.29.11719 | Basa women wearing widows costume for chief |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11898 | Fake grave of Bene chief and his widows in mourning |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11939 | Widows |
Cameroon
| ||
| 12-61-70/10861.1.1001 | Widow's home |
Bontoc
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| 2004.29.22732 | Widows in mourning |
British New Guinea
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| 2004.29.11751 | Basa woman and Pygmy woman |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11752 | Basa woman and Pygmy woman |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11754 | Basa greeting |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11870 | North Basa chief |
Africa
| ||
| 08-4-10/73158 | Widow's cap |
Hat
|
California
| |
Image Not Available
for Widow's "hat" of plantain fibers
| 22-2-50/B3085 | Widow's "hat" of plantain fibers |
Cameroon
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