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Object Number
2004.29.11929
Display Title
Boys struggling for a fish hook
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Bene / Bantu / 33 / Struggling for a fish hook. / Southern Cameroon. / Gift of George Schwab. 1919 / Bantu of the Tang Group"
Department
Photographic
Date
1919
Artist
George Schwab
Culture
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Dimensions
Overall: 6.35 × 10.16 cm (2 1/2 × 4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.6787B | Young boys struggling for fish hook |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11923 | George Schwab and group sitting on rock next to the river |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11924 | Father and son |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11926 | Huts |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11925 | Man with varied skin pigmentation |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11927 | Decorated hut door |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11928 | Group sitting in front of a hut |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11930 | C'njik game, with hut in background |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11943 | School boys going on a hunt with nets |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11938 | Huts |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11937 | Bamboo strip hut ornamentation |
Cameroon
| ||
| 2004.29.11940 | Njem woman with albinism |
Cameroon
|