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Object Number 2001.29.17796
Display Title Hut
Descriptions
Object Description Transcription of handwriting on negative envelope: "South West Africa / Ovamboland / Fishing"
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Artist Merl La Voy
Culture
  • Ovambo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Ovamboland
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 × 2.5 cm (1 3/8 × 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Group of people walking under a tree, with huts in background
2001.29.17795 Group of people walking under a tree, with huts in background
Ovamboland
Group of people walking under a tree, with huts in background
2001.29.17793 Group of people walking under a tree, with huts in background
Ovamboland
Woman walking and carrying a pot on her head
2001.29.17791 Woman walking and carrying a pot on her head
Ovamboland
Hut
2001.29.17797 Hut
Ovamboland
Large tree, with hut in background
2001.29.17794 Large tree, with hut in background
Ovamboland
Group of people walking under a tree, with huts in background
2001.29.17792 Group of people walking under a tree, with huts in background
Ovamboland
View of two mountain peaks
2001.29.17815 View of two mountain peaks
Ovamboland
View of two mountain peaks
2001.29.17814 View of two mountain peaks
Ovamboland
Structure, possibly a fort
2001.29.17819 Structure, possibly a fort
Ovamboland
Structure, possibly a fort
2001.29.17818 Structure, possibly a fort
Ovamboland
Group of women and children standing, one woman holding a basket
2001.29.17809 Group of women and children standing, one woman holding a basket
Ovamboland
People standing in line
2001.29.17808 People standing in line
Ovamboland