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Village
Object Number 2004.29.12023
Display Title Village
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "ombasa (Mombasa) / Swahili / Bantu-Arab / Native village Momebasa - British East Africa / A. Agassiz Collection / Mus. Comp. Zool. June, 1914"
Department Photographic
Date 1908
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
  • Swahili
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / British East Africa
Africa / Kenya / Coast Province / Mombassa District / Mombasa
Materials Gelatin Printing-out paper adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 19.685 cm (6 × 7 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz
Donor Donated by Museum of Comparative Zoology

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