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Object Number 998-14-00/1.3.218
Display Title Town along shoreline
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on album page: "Sierra Leone. This is a town outside of which our steamer stopped, on its way along the famous [Gold Coast-Ivory Coast-Bight of Benin], and finally to England."
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sierra Leone
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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