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Object Number 2001.29.25994
Display Title Baobab which the boys climb without pegs, bare of leaves
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Dimensions Overall: 16.6 × 20.3 cm (6 9/16 × 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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[Baobab tree]: Baobab tree without leaves (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30454.1 [Baobab tree]: Baobab tree without leaves (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[Baobab tree]: Baobab tree without leaves (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30454 [Baobab tree]: Baobab tree without leaves (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Baobab tree without leaves
2001.29.14530 Baobab tree without leaves
Gautscha
Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30364.1 Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30364 Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30456 [Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk
2001.29.14551 "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk
Gautscha
Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" starting to climb a baobab tree, showing the pegs for climbing and the names carved in the tree
2001.29.2164 Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" starting to climb a baobab tree, showing the pegs for climbing and the names carved in the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.877 [Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Scenery, Baobab: Boy standing underneath a baobab tree with bare branches that Ju/'hoan boys climbed
2001.29.2602 Scenery, Baobab: Boy standing underneath a baobab tree with bare branches that Ju/'hoan boys climbed
Gautscha
Baobab tree with no leaves
2001.29.14667 Baobab tree with no leaves
Gautscha
Scenery, Baobab: Baobab tree without leaves to the north of Gautscha Pan
2001.29.2588 Scenery, Baobab: Baobab tree without leaves to the north of Gautscha Pan
Gautscha