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Object Number 2004.29.11806
Display Title Hut with decorated panels
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Basa Tribe / (Bantu) / Old style of S. E. Basa hut. decorated not / carved panels. / Photographed by Rev. Georrge Schwab, 1922"
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms S. E. Basa
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 10.16 cm (2 1/2 × 4 in.)

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