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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas holding a mantis on her hand (print is a cropped image)
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas holding a mantis on her hand (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.27096
Display Title Elizabeth Marshall Thomas holding a mantis on her hand (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
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: 14.9225 × 20.1613 cm (5 7/8 × 7 15/16 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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Mantis held in a hand (print is a cropped image)
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New Guinea
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas sitting in front of the expedition truck monitoring the recorder with equipment laid out in front of her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28867 Elizabeth Marshall Thomas sitting in front of the expedition truck monitoring the recorder with equipment laid out in front of her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of children around the expedition truck; Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is lying under the truck with an unidentified child standing next to her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.640 Group of children around the expedition truck; Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is lying under the truck with an unidentified child standing next to her (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Oukwane playing the musical bow while Lorna Marshall, Kernel Ledimo, and Dabe record; Elizabeth Marshall Thomas monitoring the recording, Laurence Marshall sitting to the side (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27174 Oukwane playing the musical bow while Lorna Marshall, Kernel Ledimo, and Dabe record; Elizabeth Marshall Thomas monitoring the recording, Laurence Marshall sitting to the side (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
John Marshall standing in a Jeep to hang something in tree, with Elizabeth Marshall Thomas watching (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27681 John Marshall standing in a Jeep to hang something in tree, with Elizabeth Marshall Thomas watching (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Philip walking and bringing tea to Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and John Marshall, with Daniel Blitz on his knees in an expedition truck in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27013 Philip walking and bringing tea to Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and John Marshall, with Daniel Blitz on his knees in an expedition truck in the background (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas standing in the werft; John Marshall, Wilhelm Camm, and an unidentified person in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27149 !Gai and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas standing in the werft; John Marshall, Wilhelm Camm, and an unidentified person in the background (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
People receiving gifts from Lorna Marshall, surrounded by Dabe, Daniel Blitz, Kernel Ledimo, Oukwane, and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27745 People receiving gifts from Lorna Marshall, surrounded by Dabe, Daniel Blitz, Kernel Ledimo, Oukwane, and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan