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Hair dresser
Object Number 2004.29.12026
Display Title Hair dresser
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "ombasa (Mombasa) / wahili / Bantu-Arab / Hair dresser / Monebasa. British East Africa / A. Agassiz Collection / Mus. Comp. Zoology. June, 1914"
Department Photographic
Date 1908
Culture
  • Swahili
  • Bantu speaking peoples
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: 22.225 × 16.51 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz
Donor Donated by Museum of Comparative Zoology

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