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Object Number 998-14-00/1.2.155
Display Title Large pot and skeleton fragments in bluff
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "Huge pot, and fragments of a human skeleton (pointed to by hand) embedded in bluff."
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Chad / <State> / <County> / <City> / Mandjaffa
Dimensions Overall: 11.7475 × 8.4138 cm (4 5/8 × 3 5/16 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
Pot in face of bluff
998-14-00/1.2.152 Pot in face of bluff
Mandjaffa
Pot in face of bluff
998-14-00/1.2.153 Pot in face of bluff
Mandjaffa
Katz (on top of bluff) points to a buried pot
998-14-00/1.2.131 Katz (on top of bluff) points to a buried pot
Baleniere
Ledge in bluff from which pot was collected
998-14-00/1.2.154 Ledge in bluff from which pot was collected
Mandjaffa
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
Rocky bluff
998-14-00/1.2.149 Rocky bluff
Maffaling
Bluff or wall of excavation
998-14-00/1.2.162 Bluff or wall of excavation
Chad
Woman beginning work on a large storage pot
998-14-00/1.2.113 Woman beginning work on a large storage pot
Chad
Woman working on a large storage pot
998-14-00/1.2.114 Woman working on a large storage pot
Chad
Woman working on a large storage pot
998-14-00/1.2.115 Woman working on a large storage pot
Chad
Man standing next to a large pot
998-14-00/1.3.191 Man standing next to a large pot
Nigeria
Large canoe in need of repair
998-14-00/1.3.134 Large canoe in need of repair
Goulfei
Belgian Congo