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!Gai and //Kwaiǂkabe stripping bark from root for making a quiver, N!whakwe sitting beside !Gai (print is a cropped image)
!Gai and //Kwaiǂkabe stripping bark from root for making a quiver, N!whakwe sitting beside !Gai (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.26987
Display Title !Gai and //Kwaiǂkabe stripping bark from root for making a quiver, N!whakwe sitting beside !Gai (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on board (verso): "L. K. Marshall / /Gikwe making a quiver : the quiver is made of bark which is / pulled off (as in photo) from a section of root of a / certain tree called !gu in /Gikwe, Mokgwekgwele / in Setswana. Cf 55-124P-31&32 which shows quiver"
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • /Gwikwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / Central Kalahari Game Reserve / /Ai Ha !O Pan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 × 20.32 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
!Gai and //Kwaiǂkabe stripping bark from root for making a quiver, N!whakwe sitting beside !Gai
2001.29.20507 !Gai and //Kwaiǂkabe stripping bark from root for making a quiver, N!whakwe sitting beside !Gai
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Two quivers; one with arrows inside, one with its cap on, and a ruler for measurement
2001.29.19038 Two quivers; one with arrows inside, one with its cap on, and a ruler for measurement
Gautscha
Two quivers; one with arrows inside, one with its cap on, and a ruler for measurement
2001.29.13541 Two quivers; one with arrows inside, one with its cap on, and a ruler for measurement
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Bark & twig specimens of orupungwia tree - roots used for making quivers
51-60-50/8800 Bark & twig specimens of orupungwia tree - roots used for making quivers
Bark
Africa
[No folder title]: !Gai standing in profile with his quiver
2001.29.30919 [No folder title]: !Gai standing in profile with his quiver
/Gau /U Pan
[No folder title]: !Gai crouching in sand, quiver and bow over his shoulder
2001.29.30965 [No folder title]: !Gai crouching in sand, quiver and bow over his shoulder
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai standing in profile with his quiver
2001.29.20245 !Gai standing in profile with his quiver
/Gau /U Pan
!Gai crouching in sand, quiver and bow over his shoulder
2001.29.20647 !Gai crouching in sand, quiver and bow over his shoulder
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Oukwane's possessions, including a skin he is tanning, a bag containing beans, scraps of steenbok skin, a tortoise shell used as a spoon, and a quiver and bow
2001.29.591 Oukwane's possessions, including a skin he is tanning, a bag containing beans, scraps of steenbok skin, a tortoise shell used as a spoon, and a quiver and bow
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Oukwane's possessions, including a skin he is tanning, a bag containing beans, scraps of steenbok skin, a tortoise shell used as a spoon, and a quiver and bow
2001.29.20795 Oukwane's possessions, including a skin he is tanning, a bag containing beans, scraps of steenbok skin, a tortoise shell used as a spoon, and a quiver and bow
/Ai Ha !O Pan
End of a quiver made with bark of a root with a leather end, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27169 End of a quiver made with bark of a root with a leather end, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
End of a quiver made with bark of a root with a leather end, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20752 End of a quiver made with bark of a root with a leather end, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan