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Object Number 2004.29.11927
Display Title Decorated hut door
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bene / Bantu / 33 / New style door of native hut / Bulu / Southern Cameroon. / Gift of George Schwab. 1919 / Bantu of the Tang Group"
Department Photographic
Date 1919
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bulu
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 6.35 cm (4 × 2 1/2 in.)

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