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"Band 1, Lame ≠Gao (6)": "Visiting girl" shaving "Lame /Gao's" head (print is a cropped image)
"Band 1, Lame ≠Gao (6)": "Visiting girl" shaving "Lame /Gao's" head (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30037
Display Title "Band 1, Lame ≠Gao (6)": "Visiting girl" shaving "Lame /Gao's" head (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on board (verso): "!Kung Bushmen. A visiting girl cuts the hair / of the young headman of the band / The boy is ≠Gao Lame (I do not think any of us knows / the girls name L.J.M.)"
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / <County> / /Gam
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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