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Contents of /Twikwe's bag on a kaross
Contents of /Twikwe's bag on a kaross
Object Number 2001.29.20764
Display Title Contents of /Twikwe's bag on a kaross
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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Contents of /Twikwe's bag on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27178 Contents of /Twikwe's bag on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Five skin bags used to contain /Twikwe's possessions, including a ≠dobe, made of steenbok skin, with a scraper in it, and 4 /twam of different sizes, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20877 Five skin bags used to contain /Twikwe's possessions, including a ≠dobe, made of steenbok skin, with a scraper in it, and 4 /twam of different sizes, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Twikwe's husband's possessions, including sinew cord for bow-strings, an arrow with a pointed bone point, a bow, and ≠dobe bag, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20884 Twikwe's husband's possessions, including sinew cord for bow-strings, an arrow with a pointed bone point, a bow, and ≠dobe bag, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe's husband's ≠dobe bag, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20885 /Twikwe's husband's ≠dobe bag, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe's possessions, including (left to right) tortoise shell spoon, three pieces of bone used for pounding and grinding, a bone dish used for mixing poison for arrows, and two pieces of ostrich bone used to give a hide a last, fine scraping, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20868 /Twikwe's possessions, including (left to right) tortoise shell spoon, three pieces of bone used for pounding and grinding, a bone dish used for mixing poison for arrows, and two pieces of ostrich bone used to give a hide a last, fine scraping, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe, Tsekue, DaSi!Na sitting beside /Twikwe's / fire; Tsekue digging open a tsama melon and DaSi!Na using a mortar and pounding stick
2001.29.20767 /Twikwe, Tsekue, DaSi!Na sitting beside /Twikwe's / fire; Tsekue digging open a tsama melon and DaSi!Na using a mortar and pounding stick
/Ai Ha !O Pan
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
Section of carrying net belonging to /Twikwe's husband, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20872 Section of carrying net belonging to /Twikwe's husband, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe's possessions, including a sieve woven with strips of bark, five bundles of cord of the size for snare, and a fine cord made of sinew for tying around her stomach to keep it tight and reduce hunger pangs, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20883 /Twikwe's possessions, including a sieve woven with strips of bark, five bundles of cord of the size for snare, and a fine cord made of sinew for tying around her stomach to keep it tight and reduce hunger pangs, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Five skin bags used to contain /Twikwe's possessions, including a ≠dobe, made of steenbok skin, with a scraper in it, and 4 /twam of different sizes, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.27258 Five skin bags used to contain /Twikwe's possessions, including a ≠dobe, made of steenbok skin, with a scraper in it, and 4 /twam of different sizes, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Twikwe's husband's possessions, including sinew cord for bow-strings, an arrow with a pointed bone point, a bow, and ≠dobe bag, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.27265 Twikwe's husband's possessions, including sinew cord for bow-strings, an arrow with a pointed bone point, a bow, and ≠dobe bag, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe's husband's ≠dobe bag, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.27266 /Twikwe's husband's ≠dobe bag, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan