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Iron foundry
Object Number 2004.29.12281
Display Title Iron foundry
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Transvaal / Bantu"; printed on photograph: "547. Makaties iron foundry, Iron Mountain. East of the Spelenken. / H. F. Gros' Pictorial Description of the Transvaal. (Copyright.)"; written in pencil on board (verso): "Gift of Prof Putnam 1908"
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1888
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa / Transvaal
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 × 24.13 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam

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