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Object Number 2001.29.13724
Display Title Petroglyph of a giraffe
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Artist E. P. Friede
Culture
  • prehistoric African rock art periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa / North West / Ngaka Modiri Molema District / Ottosdal / Gestopte Fontein
Dimensions Overall: 5.08 × 8.255 cm (2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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