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Object Number
998-14-00/1.3.73
Display Title
Excavation of mound
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on album page: "Beginning work. A block was isolated, taken as a sample of the structure of the mound, and carefully peeled down, stratum by stratum. It yielded pottery, bones, some stone implements, pipes, and, deep down, two bits of copper."
Department
Photographic
Date
1927-1928
Artist
Milton Katz
Culture
- Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Africa / Cameroon / Tuscany / <County> / <City> / Goulfei
Africa / Cameroon / Tuscany / <County> / <City> / Goulfei
Materials
Print, black and white on Album
Dimensions
Overall: 8.5725 × 10.795 cm (3 3/8 × 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Vivian Katz and Family of Milton Katz
Provenance
Collector
Milton Katz
(1927-1928)
Intermediary
David Warrington
Donor
Vivian Katz
(5/8/98)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 998-14-00/1.3.27 | View from a tower superposed on a mound |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.29 | View from tower, showing part of mound and excavation |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.28 | View from tower, showing part of mound and excavation |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.71 | Men and boys watching excavation at edge of mound |
Belgian Congo
Goulfei | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.172 | Excavating trench in mound |
Belgian Congo
| ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.100 | Excavated wall of mound |
Belgian Congo
Goulfei | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.77 | Mound, location of test-block |
Belgian Congo
Goulfei | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.76 | Mound, location of test-block |
Belgian Congo
Goulfei | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.84 | Front of isolated block |
Belgian Congo
Goulfei | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.92 | Excavating test-block by strata |
Belgian Congo
Goulfei | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.93 | Excavating test-block by strata |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.2.69 | Katz and Katabasi in front of sandy bluffs on the shore of the Chari River |
Maffaling
|