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Object Number 2004.29.11824
Display Title Yam and tuber store house
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Basa Tribe / (Bantu) / Yam tuber store - house or pok gwom b / Basa Tribe / 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Yam and tuber store house
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Africa
Method of storing tubers in cavity or excavation in village street
2004.29.11826 Method of storing tubers in cavity or excavation in village street
Africa
Yam store house
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Africa
Yam garden
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Africa
Mashing yams
2004.29.11838 Mashing yams
Africa
Man and two women sitting in front of house
2004.29.11743 Man and two women sitting in front of house
Africa
Boy standing, with house in background
2004.29.11794 Boy standing, with house in background
Africa
Getting palm wine
2004.29.11845 Getting palm wine
Africa
Store house for yams
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Cameroon
Woman carrying basket on back
2004.29.11853 Woman carrying basket on back
Africa
Man splitting raffia palm frond stems for lath in roof-mat making
2004.29.11834 Man splitting raffia palm frond stems for lath in roof-mat making
Africa
Man making palm roof mats
2004.29.11837 Man making palm roof mats
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