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for [No folder title]: Ju/'hoan boy squatting with djani bird (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Object Number
2001.29.30147
Display Title
[No folder title]: Ju/'hoan boy squatting with djani bird (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on note stapled to paper: "309-7 / The jani bird toy / (!Kung) / The part the / boy has in / his hand is / tossed high / in the air, / caught on the / lip of the stick / and tossed again. Aim / [verso] is to keep / it up without / its touching / the ground. / The feathers / make it twirl, / the tsi nut, / tied on with / a thong. Weights / it so that it / floats down / in verticle position / (Cf. 212-5)"
Department
Photographic
Date
1951
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials
Print, black and white adhered to Paper
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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