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Object Number
2001.29.2154
Display Title
Spear, Making: "Gao Helmet" shaping an assegai blade, holding it on a stone with his foot, with his bed and a child in the background
Descriptions
Department
Photographic
Date
1951-1953
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials
slide, 35mm
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Lorna Marshall
Donor
John Marshall
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