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Person's hands holding poison beetles
Person's hands holding poison beetles
Object Number 2001.29.21209
Display Title Person's hands holding poison beetles
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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2001.29.27513 Person's hands holding poison beetles
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2001.29.21213 Person's hands poisoning the arrow by smearing a beetle substance on it
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2001.29.27514 Person's hands taking a poison beetle larva out of its shell
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Person's hands holding larva and a little stick smeared with poison
2001.29.21214 Person's hands holding larva and a little stick smeared with poison
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Close-up of a person's fingers taking the poison beetle larva out of its shell
2001.29.27515 Close-up of a person's fingers taking the poison beetle larva out of its shell
/Ai Ha !O Pan
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Person's hands holding larva and a little stick smeared with poison
2001.29.21215 Person's hands holding larva and a little stick smeared with poison
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Hunting equipment: Person's hands poisoning the arrow by smearing a beetle substance on it (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30346 Hunting equipment: Person's hands poisoning the arrow by smearing a beetle substance on it (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Person's hands putting a foreshaft into the main shaft of an arrow
2001.29.21216 Person's hands putting a foreshaft into the main shaft of an arrow
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Hunting equipment: Person's hands holding larva and a little stick smeared with poison (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30347 Hunting equipment: Person's hands holding larva and a little stick smeared with poison (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Hunting equipment: Person's hands holding larva and a little stick smeared with poison (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30348.1 Hunting equipment: Person's hands holding larva and a little stick smeared with poison (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan