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Object Number
2001.29.25746
Display Title
"Old ≠Toma" of Band 2, father of "Gao Helmet's" first wife, //Kushay, portrait (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in ink on note taped to paper (verso): "An old man. His name, / by coincidence, was / also ≠Toma - the same / as the headman. He / was a sweet and gentle / person around whom / several people [crossed out: people] families congregated / - not because of his / abilities as a leader / but because he was / such a kindly man / and his age made him / not only the head of / his own family but / a figure for / several families. / The people have very little / facial hair and his / beard is large for a / bushman. They average / about 5' 5" (for / men) in height and / 5' 2" or 5' for women. / Their distended stomachs / are a result of malaria / perhaps. No-one know. / Not all the people have / them."
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 adhered to Paper
Dimensions
Overall: 20.0025 × 16.8275 cm (7 7/8 × 6 5/8 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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