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Object Number 2004.29.11906
Display Title Bene watching George Schwab eat lunch
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bene / Bantu / 25 / Bene watching us eat lunch. The sport wearing / collar etc., has been working for a trader and / has come home to impress his village with his / affluence. / Bantu of the 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 × 12.7 cm (3 × 5 in.)

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