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Object Number 2018.9.7.2.3
Display Title Ox taking shelter surrounded by pursuers.
Descriptions
Object Description Typed caption on back of print: "The ox took cover by a clump of bushes where it stood looking out at its pursuers with its gentle, alarmed ox eyes." Written on front by photographer: "Too contrasty Open up."
Classification
  • Photographic
Department Photographic
Date 10/1961-12/1961
Artist Timothy Asch
Culture
  • Karamojong
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 × 25.4001 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, 2018
Provenance
Owner Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (1961-2018)
Donor Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

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