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Image Not Available for Five roots on the ground
Five roots on the ground
Image Not Available for Five roots on the ground
Object Number 2001.29.19782
Display Title Five roots on the ground
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Kweneng / <County> / Kungwane
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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