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Object Number
2004.29.11902
Display Title
Opening up work in the jungle
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Bene / Bantu / 25 / Opening up work in the jungle. Our home and boys at / Netel. Bene. / Bantu of the Fang Group. / Gift of George Schwab 1919."
Department
Photographic
Date
1919
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Netel
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 × 12.7 cm (3 × 5 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.11935 | Jungle chapel - school in process of construction |
Metet
| ||
| 2004.29.11906 | Bene watching George Schwab eat lunch |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11943 | School boys going on a hunt with nets |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11905 | Mrs. Schwab meets a traders wife on the path |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11904 | Headman and wives escorting his daughter to her marriage |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11903 | Caravan crossing a stream |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11897 | Tatooing Bene girls |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11899 | Widow of Bene chief in mourning costume |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11898 | Fake grave of Bene chief and his widows in mourning |
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
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