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Eland hide
Object Number 2004.24.32750
Display Title Eland hide
Descriptions
Object Description 971-2-50/115576 oracle disks Ju-Wasi-Kung
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Worked and Unspecified Material
Subject
  • Leather
Department Photographic
Date 1991
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
  • Bushmen
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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