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Image Not Available for Stick with two lumps of gum and ruler for measurement
Stick with two lumps of gum and ruler for measurement
Image Not Available for Stick with two lumps of gum and ruler for measurement
Object Number 2001.29.22249
Display Title Stick with two lumps of gum 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
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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Gammai
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/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tip of bow where the string is wound and a ruler for measurement
2001.29.13551 Tip of bow where the string is wound and a ruler for measurement
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Tip of bow where the string is wound and a ruler for measurement
2001.29.19048 Tip of bow where the string is wound and a ruler for measurement
Gautscha
Image Not Available for 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
Image Not Available for 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
Image Not Available for 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
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao looking at arrows, close-up, shows lumps of poison on the arrows
2001.29.353 //Ao looking at arrows, close-up, shows lumps of poison on the arrows
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20746 Two digging sticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for /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
2001.29.20868 /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
/Ai Ha !O Pan