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Expedition members at Gcwihaba ("Drotsky’s Cave")
Expedition members at Gcwihaba ("Drotsky’s Cave")
Object Number 2001.29.811
Display Title Expedition members at Gcwihaba ("Drotsky’s Cave")
Descriptions
Object Description Some members of the 1950 expedition at Drotsky’s Cave, 1950. John Marshall is at bottom left; Laurence in the third row, third from left. Drotsky’s Cave is a labyrinth of tunnels and caverns named for an early settler family in Bechuanaland. Photograph by F.D. du Toit van Zyl.
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Artist F. D. du Toit van Zyl
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ngamiland (North West) / Cgae Cgae Tlhabologo Trust / Gcwihaba
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 5.715 × 5.715 cm (2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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