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Object Number 2004.29.11773
Display Title Elephant teeth used as medicine
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Basa Tribe / (Bantu) / Woman's "medicine" to insure success - elephants' teeth / 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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