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Object Number 2001.29.17897
Display Title Group of people sitting, with storage baskets in background
Descriptions
Object Description Transcription of handwritten text on negative envelope: "South West Africa / Ovamboland / Grain Tax"
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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