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!Gai seated, opening a tsama melon with a digging stick
!Gai seated, opening a tsama melon with a digging stick
Object Number 2001.29.21218
Display Title !Gai seated, opening a tsama melon with a digging stick
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
"With tsama": !Gai seated, opening a tsama melon with a digging stick (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30435 "With tsama": !Gai seated, opening a tsama melon with a digging stick (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Person opening a tsama melon with a digging stick and being filmed by John Marshall, with Dabe, Ledimo and Lorna Marshall watching
2001.29.752 Person opening a tsama melon with a digging stick and being filmed by John Marshall, with Dabe, Ledimo and Lorna Marshall watching
/Ai Ha !O Pan
[No folder title]: Oukwane opening a tsama melon with a digging stick
2001.29.30936 [No folder title]: Oukwane opening a tsama melon with a digging stick
/Gau /U Pan
Person opening and tsama melon with a digging stick and being filmed by John Marshall, with Dabe, Ledimo and Lorna Marshall watching (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27022 Person opening and tsama melon with a digging stick and being filmed by John Marshall, with Dabe, Ledimo and Lorna Marshall watching (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai opening a tsama melon, and Oukwane standing
2001.29.758 !Gai opening a tsama melon, and Oukwane standing
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai opening a tsama melon, and Oukwane standing
2001.29.759 !Gai opening a tsama melon, and Oukwane standing
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai opening a tsama melon, and Oukwane standing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27026 !Gai opening a tsama melon, and Oukwane standing (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Oukwane opening a tsama melon with a digging stick
2001.29.20383 Oukwane opening a tsama melon with a digging stick
/Gau /U Pan
Woman sieving millet using a mat; woman (who is Kgalagari) opening a tsama melon with a digging stick; children and people in the background
2001.29.26650 Woman sieving millet using a mat; woman (who is Kgalagari) opening a tsama melon with a digging stick; children and people in the background
Chukudu Kraal
N!whakwe and a "visiting baby" playing with a tsama melon and a digging stick
2001.29.21415 N!whakwe and a "visiting baby" playing with a tsama melon and a digging stick
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai sitting, Tsekue opening a tsama melon, and N!whakwe walking
2001.29.20387 !Gai sitting, Tsekue opening a tsama melon, and N!whakwe walking
/Gau /U Pan
Woman sieving millet using a mat; woman (who is Kgalagari) opening a tsama melon with a digging stick; children and people in the background
2001.29.20002 Woman sieving millet using a mat; woman (who is Kgalagari) opening a tsama melon with a digging stick; children and people in the background
Chukudu Kraal