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Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
Object Number 2001.29.20746
Display Title Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • /Gwikwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / Central Kalahari Game Reserve / /Ai Ha !O Pan
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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Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20747 Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27165 Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe's possessions, including (top to bottom, left to right) a piece of wood hollowed in center used to trip iron traps, a small stick, a bundle of sharpened sticks used to peg down a hide to stretch it, a fire paddle, 2 sticks, a digging stick, a bow, arrow with a bone point shaped like a needle, and a quiver, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20878 /Twikwe's possessions, including (top to bottom, left to right) a piece of wood hollowed in center used to trip iron traps, a small stick, a bundle of sharpened sticks used to peg down a hide to stretch it, a fire paddle, 2 sticks, a digging stick, a bow, arrow with a bone point shaped like a needle, and a quiver, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27166 Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe's possessions, including (top to bottom, left to right) a piece of wood hollowed in center used to trip iron traps, a small stick, a bundle of sharpened sticks used to peg down a hide to stretch it, a fire paddle, 2 sticks, a digging stick, a bow, arrow with a bone point shaped like a needle, and a quiver, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.27259 /Twikwe's possessions, including (top to bottom, left to right) a piece of wood hollowed in center used to trip iron traps, a small stick, a bundle of sharpened sticks used to peg down a hide to stretch it, a fire paddle, 2 sticks, a digging stick, a bow, arrow with a bone point shaped like a needle, and a quiver, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Three sharpened digging sticks and a ruler for measurement
2001.29.19287 Three sharpened digging sticks and a ruler for measurement
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
DaSi!Na's mortar and pestle, and /Twikwe's digging stick, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20876 DaSi!Na's mortar and pestle, and /Twikwe's digging stick, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Three sharpened digging sticks, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.25261 Three sharpened digging sticks, with a ruler for measurement
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Quiver next to sticks and arrows and a ruler for measurement
2001.29.22252 Quiver next to sticks and arrows and a ruler for measurement
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20875 Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Reeds for making arrow shafts and firesticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20745 Reeds for making arrow shafts and firesticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Three arrows against a black background with a ruler for measurement; shows bone point, connecting link, and shaft separated
2001.29.20738 Three arrows against a black background with a ruler for measurement; shows bone point, connecting link, and shaft separated
/Ai Ha !O Pan