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Studio portrait of two boy warriors
Object Number 2004.29.12046
Display Title Studio portrait of two boy warriors
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Africa / Two warriors of Africa / From Evart Wendell Collection / Given to Harvard College. / Main lab. in Widener Library"; in pencil on board: "Probably Besa or Besarine / the so -called "Fuzzy-wuggies... on Red Sea Coast... per Leon Serota 6/79"; printed on photograph: "[Zan]gaki / No. 559 Deux gueriers d'Afrique 518"
Department Photographic
Date 1870-1910
Artist Zangaki Brothers
Culture
  • African
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)

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