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/Twikwe putting tsama melon seeds on sieve and in a bowl
/Twikwe putting tsama melon seeds on sieve and in a bowl
Object Number 2001.29.27329
Display Title /Twikwe putting tsama melon seeds on sieve and in a bowl
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Verso: a Gikwe woman (cf. 55-58P-15) / Note to the editor: These people are living / without any water at all - "on the melon", as / Dorothea Bleek said. Note how the group / clusters into the shade of the small tree. / Note stomach wrinkles. Note melon seeds / Whish the /Gwikwe spit out and save to / rpast and pound and eat as a flour. The woman's / name is Twikwe.
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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