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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.11898 | Fake grave of Bene chief and his widows in mourning |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11897 | Tatooing Bene girls |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11905 | Mrs. Schwab meets a traders wife on the path |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11936 | George and Mrs. Schwab about to start out on a trip from Metet |
Metet
| ||
| 2004.24.6845B | Watching Mrs. Schwab eat |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11899 | Widow of Bene chief in mourning costume |
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
|