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Object Number 2004.29.12043
Display Title Woman standing under a tree
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Abyssinian / Bisherin / Bisherin woman / From Evart Wendell Collection / Given to Harvard College / Main lab. in Widener Library"; printed on photograph: "5629. Femme bicharin"
Department Photographic
Date 1860-1917
Culture
  • Bisharin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Abyssinia
Dimensions Overall: 24.13 × 19.05 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Collector Evart Wendell

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Abyssinia
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