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Object Number
2001.29.29908
Display Title
"Gao Medicine extended family, Band 1": "Gao Medicine" squatting and holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Printed on photograph (verso): "Photographs courtesy of: / Laurence K. Marshall Peabody Museum Smithsonian Expeditions / Copyright © 1970 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc."
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: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 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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