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Object Number
2001.29.19601
Display Title
Man adding tinder to a fire
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on negative envelope: "Okwa fire making."
Department
Photographic
Date
1955
Culture
- !Xóõ?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Botswana
/
Ghanzi
/
<County>
/
Okwa
Materials
Negative, 35mm
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001.29.30477 | "Firemaking": Man adding tinder to a fire (print is a cropped image) |
Okwa
| ||
| 2001.29.30465 | "Firemaking": Man adding tinder to a fire (print is a cropped image) |
Okwa
| ||
| 2001.29.19615 | Man adding grass to tinder pile |
Okwa
| ||
| 2001.29.30475 | "Firemaking": Man adding grass to tinder pile (print is a cropped image) |
Okwa
| ||
| 2001.29.19614 | Firesticks on tinder after twirling |
Okwa
| ||
| 2001.29.19613 | Firesticks on tinder after twirling |
Okwa
| ||
| 2001.29.19607 | Tips of firesticks and tinder |
Okwa
| ||
| 35-78-10/5019 | Envelope of bark tinder for fire making |
Bark
|
Elko
| |
| 2001.29.2975 | Fire-Making: ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) sitting with his brother, "/Qui Hunter," using firesticks and grass tinder to make a fire |
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
| ||
| 2001.29.19600 | Man making a fire |
Okwa
| ||
| 34-114-10/3968 | Sagebrush bark tinder, part of fire-making outfit |
Floral
|
Nevada
| |
| 2001.29.2976 | Fire-Making: ≠Gao blowing on smoldering tinder |
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
|