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![[No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" standing near the expedition truck with Robert Story examining a plant](/internal/media/dispatcher/738606/preview)
Object Number
2001.29.734.1
Display Title
[No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" standing near the expedition truck with Robert Story examining a plant
Descriptions
Department
Photographic
Date
1955
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dimensions
Overall: 10.795 × 17.145 cm (4 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Lorna Marshall
Donor
John Marshall
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