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Image Not Available for Hearth scene with two enclosures, two log fires, stones, bow, three arrows, bowl, pot with handle, by a Ju/'hoan girl
Hearth scene with two enclosures, two log fires, stones, bow, three arrows, bowl, pot with handle, by a Ju/'hoan girl
Image Not Available for Hearth scene with two enclosures, two log fires, stones, bow, three arrows, bowl, pot with handle, by a Ju/'hoan girl
Object Number 997-11-50/12596
Display Title Hearth scene with two enclosures, two log fires, stones, bow, three arrows, bowl, pot with handle, by a Ju/'hoan girl
Descriptions
Classification
  • Painting
Subject
  • Fire
  • Arrow
  • Bow
  • Hearth
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 VI - GIRL
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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