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Object Number 2004.29.11911
Display Title Womens ceremonial dance
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bene / Bantu / 26 / Bene Tribe - Women's "confessional" - ceremonial dance during "confession" b. / Photographs taken by Rev. George Schwab, 1919-22"
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 6.985 × 10.795 cm (2 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.)

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