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Cylinder doll, grass, beeswax, charcoal, seeds, fiber
Cylinder doll, grass, beeswax, charcoal, seeds, fiber
Object Number 2004.24.32720.1
Display Title Cylinder doll, grass, beeswax, charcoal, seeds, fiber
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Childcare
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Doll
Department Photographic
Date 1991
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia
Additional Geographic Terms Nyae Nyae Area; Kalahari Desert
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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