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Object Number
2001.29.736
Display Title
Digging for roots: Bau from Band 10 digging veldkos, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "A !Kung woman digging a root / This picture was published in the South West Africa / Annual, 1956, p. 11"; stamped on photograph: "Anneliese Scherz - Windhoek / Box 180"
Object Description
A !Kung woman digging a root. This picture was published in the South West Africa Annual, 1956, p. 11. Anneliese Scherz-Windhock Box 180. 136-11.
Department
Photographic
Date
1952-1953
Artist
Anneliese Scherz
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/
Gautscha
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 18.6 x 15.6 cm (7 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Lorna Marshall
Donor
John Marshall
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![[No folder title]: Woman digging veldkos with her digging stick, with her baby tied to her back (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/737620/postagestamp)
![[No folder title]: Bau from Band 10 digging for veldkos, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/743505/postagestamp)
![[No folder title]: "Old /Gam" sitting and drilling holes in ostrich eggshell beads with her drill (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/737375/postagestamp)
![[No folder title]: Woman holding her digging stick and veldkos, and sitting next to the hole in the ground (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/737721/postagestamp)
