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Object Number
2004.29.11917
Display Title
Making redwood powder to be smeared on body
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Bene / Bantu / 28 / Making redwood powder to be smeared on body / Bene Tribe / Photographs taken by George Schwab. 1922."
Department
Photographic
Date
1922
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions
Overall: 6.35 × 10.16 cm (2 1/2 × 4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.6937C | Woman making red-wood powder to be smeared on body |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11919 | Making twine |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11916 | Smithy |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11918 | Boys putting stropanthus poison on "arrows" |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11920 | Men hewing out so-cult images |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11922 | Man sitting on a stool, with trees in background |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11921 | Man resting |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11899 | Widow of Bene chief in mourning costume |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11910 | Womens ceremonial dance |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11911 | Womens ceremonial dance |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11585 | Two boys standing |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11942 | Making designs on bark cloth |
Cameroon
|