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John Henry (Bones) Nobles and his Rib Bones

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Photograph of John Henry (Bones) Nobles, from Beaumont, playing rib bones of a cow at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing an African-inspired tribal shirt, a leopard-print beret and has a long gray mustache and goatee. He is shaking the bones in his right hand.1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Arts And Crafts Music Instruments
  3. Bones
  4. Festivals
  5. Nobles, John Henry (Bones)
  6. People Ethnic Groups African Americans
  7. Social Life And Customs Customs Celebrations
  8. Social Life And Customs Fairs And Exhibitions

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