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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas standing next to drawings made by children on a wall inside a hut
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas standing next to drawings made by children on a wall inside a hut
Object Number 2001.29.139
Display Title Elizabeth Marshall Thomas standing next to drawings made by children on a wall inside a hut
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "Okwa May 21 1955 / Paintings or drawings / made by a Bushman / child inside a / mud hut."
Department Photographic
Date 5/21/1955
Culture
  • !Xóõ?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / <County> / Okwa
Materials Polaroid
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 10.795 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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