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Two boys sitting in a tree, looking at each other (print is a cropped image)
Two boys sitting in a tree, looking at each other (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.26244.1
Display Title Two boys sitting in a tree, looking at each other (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Typed label taped to photograph (verso): Above all the young boys seem to enjoy climbing the infrequent but / accessible trees of this desert. It is a relief and and [sic] an excitement / for people who dwell in a flat country.; Stamped on photograph (verso): CREDIT TO / PEABODY MUSEUM / HARVARD UNIVERSITY; Handwritten in pencil on photograph (verso): (B#4) / 52-3 G-169; Handwritten in pen on photograph (verso): Peabody Museum - Harvard
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Kavango East / Kaudom National Park / Cho/ana
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 25.4001 × 20.4788 cm (10 × 8 1/16 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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Two boys sitting in a tree, looking at each other
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Gautscha
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Gautscha
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Gautscha