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Object Number 2004.29.11890
Display Title Woman scraping soup stock from a block of wild mango kernel
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ngumba / (Bantu) / Woman scraping soup stock / from a block of wild mango kernel / preserved for this purpose / Ngumba Tribe. / Photographs by Rev. George Schwab. 1919-22."
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Ngumba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 6.35 cm (4 × 2 1/2 in.)

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