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