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Object Number 2004.29.12167
Display Title Sem-sem drying
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bahima Group? / Banyankole? / Bantu / Sem-sem drying - Vegetable oil gotten from this / Tribe / Gift of John C. Phillips 1925"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1925
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 12.065 × 17.145 cm (4 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. John C. Phillips

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