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Excavation site
Object Number 998-14-00/1.2.70
Display Title Excavation site
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "Two sites at which we scratched a bit."
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire / <State> / <County> / Maffaling
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 11.7475 × 8.5725 cm (4 5/8 × 3 3/8 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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998-14-00/1.2.71 Excavation, with Katabasi holding site number
Maffaling
Excavation site at Gaoui
998-14-00/1.2.245 Excavation site at Gaoui
Gaoui
French Sudan
Excavation at Gaoui
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Belgian Congo
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Katz and Katabasi in front of sandy bluffs on the shore of the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.69 Katz and Katabasi in front of sandy bluffs on the shore of the Chari River
Maffaling
Papyrus swamp in the main channel of the Nile River, south of Malakal
998-14-00/1.1.35 Papyrus swamp in the main channel of the Nile River, south of Malakal
Belgian Congo
Sudan
Papyrus swamp in the main channel of the Nile River, south of Malakal
998-14-00/1.1.36 Papyrus swamp in the main channel of the Nile River, south of Malakal
Belgian Congo
Sudan
Excavation of mound
998-14-00/1.3.73 Excavation of mound
Belgian Congo
Goulfei
Ledge in bluff from which pot was collected
998-14-00/1.2.154 Ledge in bluff from which pot was collected
Mandjaffa
Village
998-14-00/1.2.10 Village
Belgian Congo
Final test pit of excavation
998-14-00/1.3.107 Final test pit of excavation
Goulfei
Belgian Congo
Final test pit of excavation
998-14-00/1.3.108 Final test pit of excavation
Goulfei
Belgian Congo
Pots next to truck
998-14-00/1.2.159 Pots next to truck
Chad