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Hut
Object Number 2004.29.11941
Display Title Hut
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bene / Bantu / 35 / Native huts / Southern Cameroon / Gift of George Schwab. 1919. / Bantu of the Fang Group."
Department Photographic
Date 1919
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 10.16 cm (2 1/2 × 4 in.)

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