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Firesticks, grass, fiber arrows, sip straws, and sieve roll, with a ruler for measurement
Firesticks, grass, fiber arrows, sip straws, and sieve roll, with a ruler for measurement
Object Number 2001.29.27269
Display Title Firesticks, grass, fiber arrows, sip straws, and sieve roll, with a ruler for measurement
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • /Gwikwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / Central Kalahari Game Reserve / /Ai Ha !O Pan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 12.3825 cm (4 × 4 7/8 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Firesticks, grass, fiber arrows, sip straws, and sieve roll, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20889 Firesticks, grass, fiber arrows, sip straws, and sieve roll, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Reeds for making arrow shafts and firesticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27164 Reeds for making arrow shafts and firesticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Reeds for making arrow shafts and firesticks on a white background, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27163 Reeds for making arrow shafts and firesticks on a white background, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Reeds for making arrow shafts and firesticks on a white background, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20744 Reeds for making arrow shafts and firesticks on a white background, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Reeds for making arrow shafts and firesticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20745 Reeds for making arrow shafts and firesticks on a black background, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Arrow: Quiver, arrows, gum stick, two drills, two awls, two other sticks and two firesticks, close-up
2001.29.1292 Arrow: Quiver, arrows, gum stick, two drills, two awls, two other sticks and two firesticks, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Oukwane's !ga!gaba ("male" stick of a pair of firesticks), broken and spliced together, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27194 Oukwane's !ga!gaba ("male" stick of a pair of firesticks), broken and spliced together, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Oukwane's !ga!gaba ("male" stick of a pair of firesticks), broken and spliced together, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20798 Oukwane's !ga!gaba ("male" stick of a pair of firesticks), broken and spliced together, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Fire-Making: ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) sitting with his brother, "/Qui Hunter," using firesticks and grass tinder to make a fire
2001.29.2975 Fire-Making: ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) sitting with his brother, "/Qui Hunter," using firesticks and grass tinder to make a fire
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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