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Object Number 2004.29.11950
Display Title Women protecting infants from the sun's rays by covering with antelope hide
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Eton / (Fang Group) / (Bantu) / Eton Tribe Fang Group / Women protecting infants / from the sun's rays by / covering with antelope / hide / Photograph by George Scwab. 1919-22."
Department Photographic
Date 1919-1922
Artist George Schwab
Culture
  • Eton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 6.35 cm (4 × 2 1/2 in.)

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