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Object Number 51-60-50/8803
Display Title Sample of Qui plant fiber - prepared by poounding for tying thatch to frame of s
Descriptions
Object Description Sample of Qui plant fiber - prepared by poounding for tying thatch to frame of skerm
Inventory Description Twig, dried
Classification
  • Wood
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Gautsche Pan; Kai Kai, 10-20 mi. west of
Materials Twig
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm (11 13/16 x 1/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-60-50/8803
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (Summer 1951)

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2001.29.31113 [No folder title]: "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm, with //Kushay standing (print is a cropped image)
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2001.29.22607 "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm, with //Kushay standing
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