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Close-up of Wareka's profile and headdress
Close-up of Wareka's profile and headdress
Object Number 2001.29.481
Display Title Close-up of Wareka's profile and headdress
Descriptions
Object Description Warreka, Old Herero Village, Bechuanaland, 1961. Photograph by Laurence Marshall or Lorna Marshall.
Department Photographic
Date 1961
Culture
  • Herero
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ngamiland (North West) / <County> / !O N!a
Materials Slide, color
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 × 2.5 cm (1 3/8 × 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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