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Object Number 2004.29.11898
Display Title Fake grave of Bene chief and his widows in mourning
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bene / Bantu / Fake grave of Bene chief and his widows / in mourning costume. He was buried in / the forest secretly, to prevent the getting his / bones for witchraft purposes / Bantu - Fang Group / Gift of George Schwab. 1919."
Department Photographic
Date 1919
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 × 8.255 cm (3 × 3 1/4 in.)

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Widow of Bene chief in mourning costume
2004.29.11899 Widow of Bene chief in mourning costume
Africa
Widows
2004.29.11939 Widows
Cameroon
Bene watching George Schwab eat lunch
2004.29.11906 Bene watching George Schwab eat lunch
Africa
Widows in mourning
2004.29.22732 Widows in mourning
British New Guinea
Widow's mourning "cap" of woven fibre (nwo lep)
35-31-50/1150 Widow's mourning "cap" of woven fibre (nwo lep)
Headband
Cameroon
Tatooing Bene girls
2004.29.11897 Tatooing Bene girls
Africa
Bene girl mashing plantains
2004.29.11900 Bene girl mashing plantains
Africa
Bene woman hairdresser
2004.29.11901 Bene woman hairdresser
Africa
Bene women given in pawn on husband's debt
2004.29.11912 Bene women given in pawn on husband's debt
Africa
Interior of Bene chief's palaver house
2004.29.11914 Interior of Bene chief's palaver house
Africa
Bene hunter with bow gun and poisoned arrows
2004.29.11913 Bene hunter with bow gun and poisoned arrows
Africa
Bene chiefs and followers
2004.29.11915 Bene chiefs and followers
Africa