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Object Number 2004.29.11777
Display Title Fishing party
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Basa Tribe / (Bantu) / Fishing party. / Photographs by / Rev. George Schwab, 1919-22. / Basa."
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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2004.29.11860 Making a modern door
Africa
Man constructing a roof
2004.29.11861 Man constructing a roof
Africa
North Basa chief
2004.29.11870 North Basa chief
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
Clarifying palm oil
2004.29.11779 Clarifying palm oil
Africa
Cutting the greens for the evening meal
2004.29.11778 Cutting the greens for the evening meal
Africa
Catching water from secondary roots of an oil palm
2004.29.11781 Catching water from secondary roots of an oil palm
Africa