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Object Number 2004.29.11903
Display Title Caravan crossing a stream
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bene / Bantu / 25 / Caravan (Bene) crossing a stream in the / Cameroon interior / Bantu of the Fang Group. / Gift of George Schwab 1919."
Department Photographic
Date 1919
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Interior
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 × 12.7 cm (3 × 5 in.)

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