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Five arrows and ruler for measurement
Five arrows and ruler for measurement
Object Number 2001.29.22236
Display Title Five arrows and ruler for measurement
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Nama 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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/Ai Ha !O Pan
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Nama 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
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/Ai Ha !O Pan
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2001.29.30300 Arrows, arrow poison: Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Two arrows and ruler for measurement
2001.29.22234 Two arrows and ruler for measurement
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Arrows and ruler for measurement
2001.29.22233 Arrows and ruler for measurement
Nama Pan
Quiver next to sticks and arrows and a ruler for measurement
2001.29.22252 Quiver next to sticks and arrows and a ruler for measurement
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2001.29.22240 Notched ends of arrows and ruler for measurement
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points
2001.29.14761 Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points
Gautscha
Firesticks, grass, fiber arrows, sip straws, and sieve roll, with a ruler for measurement
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/Ai Ha !O Pan