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!Gui, a cord used for snare, made from a plant of the same name, with a ruler for measurement
!Gui, a cord used for snare, made from a plant of the same name, with a ruler for measurement
Object Number 2001.29.20880
Display Title !Gui, a cord used for snare, made from a plant of the same name, 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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!Gui (a cord) used for snare, made from a plant of the same name, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20879 !Gui (a cord) used for snare, made from a plant of the same name, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gui (a cord) used for snare, made from a plant of the same name, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.27260 !Gui (a cord) used for snare, made from a plant of the same name, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gui, a cord used for snare, made from a plant of the same name, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.27261 !Gui, a cord used for snare, made from a plant of the same name, 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
/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
2001.29.27264 /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
Chuam chuam, the part of a snare which holds it down to the ground, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20882 Chuam chuam, the part of a snare which holds it down to the ground, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Snare, with ruler for measurement
2001.29.20881 Snare, with ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Bird nest (! a re tsu) - used for rubbing string used in snares for catching gui
51-60-50/8785 Bird nest (! a re tsu) - used for rubbing string used in snares for catching gui
Fishing and trapping
Africa
//Ku≠tera's necklace made from a cord and two pieces of !kali, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20782 //Ku≠tera's necklace made from a cord and two pieces of !kali, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Piece of quartz for striking a spark, and a lump of ghero (wax) which is pounded from a plant and cooked, used as an adhesive, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20888 Piece of quartz for striking a spark, and a lump of ghero (wax) which is pounded from a plant and cooked, used as an adhesive, with a ruler for measurement
/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
//Ku≠tera's sieve, close-up showing cord, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20778 //Ku≠tera's sieve, close-up showing cord, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan