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Object Number 2004.29.11787
Display Title Mouse trap
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Basa Tribe / (Bantu) / Mouse trap called "mam" / Photographs 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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