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"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu, with the fingers slightly tilted to mirror the bend in the animal’s horns (print is a cropped image)
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu, with the fingers slightly tilted to mirror the bend in the animal’s horns (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30311
Display Title "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu, with the fingers slightly tilted to mirror the bend in the animal’s horns (print is a cropped image)
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 Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 19.685 × 16.51 cm (7 3/4 × 6 1/2 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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Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu, with the fingers slightly tilted to mirror the bend in the animal’s horns
2001.29.274 Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu, with the fingers slightly tilted to mirror the bend in the animal’s horns
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu, with the fingers bent a little to indicate the bend of the kudu's horns
2001.29.290 Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu, with the fingers bent a little to indicate the bend of the kudu's horns
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu, with the fingers bent a little to indicate the bend of the kudu's horns
2001.29.20981 Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu, with the fingers bent a little to indicate the bend of the kudu's horns
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30310 "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for kudu (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for hartebeests, which have horns that curve forward (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30312 "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for hartebeests, which have horns that curve forward (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for wildebeests, which have widely spread horns (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30316.1 "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for wildebeests, which have widely spread horns (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for wildebeests, which have widely spread horns (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30316 "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for wildebeests, which have widely spread horns (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; probably sign for a lion, with a rounded paw (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30317 "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; probably sign for a lion, with a rounded paw (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for hartebeest (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30314 "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for hartebeest (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for wildebeest (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30313 "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for wildebeest (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for an unidentified animal (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30315.1 "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for an unidentified animal (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for an unidentified animal (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30318 "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for an unidentified animal (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan