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Object Number 2004.29.11931
Display Title Raising flag pole
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bene / Bantu / 34 / Raising flag pole at Lolo. Ngemba tribe / A. P. M. school / (Ngumba? 6/96) / Bantu of the Fang Group. / Gift of Mr. George Schwab. 1919."
Department Photographic
Date 1919
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon / <State> / <County> / Lolo
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 7.62 cm (3 1/2 × 3 in.)

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