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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
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
Object Number 2001.29.20877
Display Title 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
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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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
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
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 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
//Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, including a sewn leather bag, roasted melon seeds in a dried melon, digging stick, fire paddle, sieve, and a shoulder bag
2001.29.20775 //Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, including a sewn leather bag, roasted melon seeds in a dried melon, digging stick, fire paddle, sieve, and a shoulder bag
/Ai Ha !O Pan
2 bags of corn & seeds: a) 25 cm. x 19 cm.; b) 23 cm. x 17 cm.; +
46-77-30/7772 2 bags of corn & seeds: a) 25 cm. x 19 cm.; b) 23 cm. x 17 cm.; +
Woven Fiber
Cerro Blanco
//Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, including a sewn leather bag, roasted melon seeds in a dried melon, digging stick, fire paddle, sieve, and a shoulder bag
2001.29.592 //Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, including a sewn leather bag, roasted melon seeds in a dried melon, digging stick, fire paddle, sieve, and a shoulder bag
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for Bag with contents
46-77-30/7772B Bag with contents
Fabric
Cerro Blanco
Image Not Available for Bag with contents
46-77-30/7772A Bag with contents
Fabric
Cerro Blanco