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Object Number 2004.29.11877
Display Title Temporary hut
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bulu Tribe / (Bantu) / 30 / Temporary hut in a Bulu Tribe clearing / before permanent huts are erected / Photograph by George Schwab, 1921. / (verso) Temporary hut in a Bulu tribe clearing / before "permanent" ?!! huts are erected"
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 10.16 cm (2 1/2 × 4 in.)

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