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Object Number
2001.29.25866
Display Title
Man throwing an assegai
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on note stapled to paper: "133-1 / a !Kung / hunter / throwing an / assegai of 161-11"; Written in pencil on note (verso): "A man throws an / assegai or spear. After / an animal has been / wounded with a poisoned / arrow and the poison / has made the animal / helpless, the men kill / the animal with spears. / Between the time the / animal is wounded, and / the men kill it, the / hunters must follow the / animal, sometimes for / days, relying on meager / tracers the animal leaves / in passing."
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: 16.5 × 20.3 cm (6 1/2 × 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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