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Part of city wall
Object Number 2004.29.12876
Display Title Part of city wall
Descriptions
Object Description written on board: "Southern Rhodesia / Mashona land / Part of the wall of the city in Mashonaland. where gold was worked by a forgotten people. / discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bent. the Irish Explorers. Photographed in 1891. / Rec'd from Miss Mabel V. Q. Bent. London, Eng. June 13, 1894"
Department Photographic
Date 1891
Culture
  • African
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa / Mashonaland
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 22.225 × 30.4801 cm (8 3/4 × 12 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mabel V. A. Bent

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