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Soapstone pillars with carved birds
Object Number 2004.29.12883
Display Title Soapstone pillars with carved birds
Descriptions
Object Description written on board: "Soapstone Pillars surmounted by Carved Birds. Photographed by Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Bent, / the Irish Explorers, in Mashona land. The work of a forgotten people of whom all records / are lost, but who worked the gold mines in Mashona land."
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1891
Artist Theodore Bent
Culture
  • ancient African styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa / Mashonaland
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 21.2725 × 29.8451 cm (8 3/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mabel V. A. Bent

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