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![[No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/737451/preview)
Object Number
2001.29.29951
Display Title
[No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "A typical not very well built hut / grass half blown off. Shows grass for / bedding inside / 1952-3 / 52-7"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass." and "For restricted use / Not for publication / Copy no. / L. Marshall"
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: 20.32 × 25.4001 cm (8 × 10 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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