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Object Number
50-29-50/13187.1.15
Display Title
Collection of articles used by the Ovimbunda
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Ovimbundu / Angola / 50-29 / Anklets / bark cloth background / lower section and central basket just above / witch doctor's things show / against sleeping mat"; printed on photograph: "Tronson / Antioch, Ill. / 4-11-28"
Department
Photographic
Date
April 11, 1928
Artist
Tronson Studio
Culture
- African
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Dimensions
Overall: 18.415 × 24.13 cm (7 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Miss Una Jean Minto
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