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Object Number
998-14-00/1.2.81
Display Title
Expedition preparing to leave Balli
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on album page: "Preparing to leave Balli and head north toward Lake Tchad."
Department
Photographic
Date
1927-1928
Artist
Milton Katz
Culture
- Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Zaire
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Maffaling
Materials
Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions
Overall: 8.5725 × 5.715 cm (3 3/8 × 2 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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![[No folder title]: Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet," headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/737641/postagestamp)
