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Oukwane's implement for scraping hides, a stick with a small blade inserted in the end, with a ruler for measurement
Oukwane's implement for scraping hides, a stick with a small blade inserted in the end, with a ruler for measurement
Object Number 2001.29.20796
Display Title Oukwane's implement for scraping hides, a stick with a small blade inserted in the end, 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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Oukwane's implement for scraping hides, a stick with a small blade inserted in the end, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27192 Oukwane's implement for scraping hides, a stick with a small blade inserted in the end, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Oukwane's possessions, including a skin he is tanning, a bag containing beans, scraps of steenbok skin, a tortoise shell used as a spoon, and a quiver and bow
2001.29.591 Oukwane's possessions, including a skin he is tanning, a bag containing beans, scraps of steenbok skin, a tortoise shell used as a spoon, and a quiver and bow
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Oukwane's possessions, including a skin he is tanning, a bag containing beans, scraps of steenbok skin, a tortoise shell used as a spoon, and a quiver and bow
2001.29.20795 Oukwane's possessions, including a skin he is tanning, a bag containing beans, scraps of steenbok skin, a tortoise shell used as a spoon, and a quiver and bow
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Oukwane's !ga!gaba ("male" stick of a pair of firesticks), broken and spliced together, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20798 Oukwane's !ga!gaba ("male" stick of a pair of firesticks), broken and spliced together, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Oukwane's knife, with ruler for measurement
2001.29.20797 Oukwane's knife, with ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
End of Oukwane's bow, close-up showing knot, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20799 End of Oukwane's bow, close-up showing knot, 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
Oukwane's !ga!gaba ("male" stick of a pair of firesticks), broken and spliced together, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27194 Oukwane's !ga!gaba ("male" stick of a pair of firesticks), broken and spliced together, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Oukwane's knife, with ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27193 Oukwane's knife, with ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
End of Oukwane's bow, close-up showing knot, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27195 End of Oukwane's bow, close-up showing knot, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/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
2001.29.27249 /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
"Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30394 "Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy