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Object Number
2001.29.25622.1
Display Title
"Old Demi" folding his hands together "to show how gift-giving holds people together," profile (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department
Photographic
Date
1952-1953
Artist
Anneliese Scherz
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/
Gautscha
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 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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![[No folder title]: "Old Demi" sitting, and folding his hands together to show how gift-giving holds people together, profile (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/737744/postagestamp)
![[No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including (left to right) "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," unidentified person seen from behind, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" with her hands over her head, "Gao Helmet" in profile, "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/743458/postagestamp)
