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Image Not Available for Two giraffes in background with sun above; large tree at left; enclosure center with black bow and arrows inside; large purple person with bow; small purple person with black object, by a Ju/'hoan child
Two giraffes in background with sun above; large tree at left; enclosure center with black bow and arrows inside; large purple person with bow; small purple person with black object, by a Ju/'hoan child
Image Not Available for Two giraffes in background with sun above; large tree at left; enclosure center with black bow and arrows inside; large purple person with bow; small purple person with black object, by a Ju/'hoan child
Object Number 997-11-50/12599
Display Title Two giraffes in background with sun above; large tree at left; enclosure center with black bow and arrows inside; large purple person with bow; small purple person with black object, by a Ju/'hoan child
Descriptions
Classification
  • Painting
Subject
  • Giraffe
  • Hunting
Department Prints and Drawings
Date 7/10/1951-1/21/1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Materials Poster paint on Sketch paper
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 61.3 cm (17 5/16 x 24 1/8 in.)
Label on object GRADE IV
Credit Line Gift of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Provenance
Collector Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (7/10/51-1/21/53 - 6/10/97)
Donor Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (7/10/51-1/21/53 - 6/10/97)

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997-11-50/12601 Large giraffe in grass with sun above, by a Ju/'hoan boy
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Gautscha
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997-11-50/12736 Snaking lines and animal figures in black, including cow, scorpion, and giraffe
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997-11-50/12719 Various shapes of figures in black, including lion, man, hunter, giraffe, ostrich, and python
Painting
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Meandering lines and various shapes of figures in blue and purple
997-11-50/12602 Meandering lines and various shapes of figures in blue and purple
Painting
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Various shapes of figures in black, including bow, arrows, animals, and snaking lines
997-11-50/12728 Various shapes of figures in black, including bow, arrows, animals, and snaking lines
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Namibia