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Truck in town, with sign painted on side reading "Peabody Museum of Harvard University"
Truck in town, with sign painted on side reading "Peabody Museum of Harvard University"
Object Number 2001.29.22557
Display Title Truck in town, with sign painted on side reading "Peabody Museum of Harvard University"
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Khomas / <County> / Windhoek
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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Botswana
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Tsumkwe
/Ti!kay wearing Western clothes, with a red expedition truck reading "Peabody Museum of Harvard University" behind him
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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