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Object Number 2004.29.11066
Display Title Man and woman
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Bushmen / The old man in this photo is believed to / be nearly, if not quite 100 yrs. old / He is a typical Bushman but a living / skeleton. He was busy scraping a skin with a / rough stone when the first photo was taken / Gift of Geo. Leith - Pretoria South Africa / Taken 1896"
Department Photographic
Date 1896
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Dimensions Overall: 13.97 × 10.16 cm (5 1/2 × 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by George Leith

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