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Object Number
2001.29.389.1
Display Title
Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "print by A. Scherz / 158-10"; stamped on photograph (verso): "PLEASE RETURN / TO / L. K. Marshall / 4 BRYANT ST. / CAMBRIDGE. MASS."
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: 20.5 × 12.7 cm (8 1/16 × 5 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Lorna Marshall
Donor
John Marshall
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![[No folder title]: Group of people sitting in front of a skerm and telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ama), and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/743471/postagestamp)
![[No folder title]: Group of people sitting in front of a skerm and telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ama), and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/743472/postagestamp)
![[No folder title]: Group of people sitting in front of a skerm and telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ama), and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/743473/postagestamp)
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