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"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for hartebeests, which have horns that curve forward (print is a cropped image)
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for hartebeests, which have horns that curve forward (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30312
Display Title "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for hartebeests, which have horns that curve forward (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on board (verso): "55-59P-13 / L. K. Marshall / A Bushman man's hand making gesture / that hunters use to indicate to / each other, in silence, what animal / they see. This gesture means hartebeest / to the !Kung hunters - emphasis horns / bent forward. (Cf. 55-59P-15 / in front view) / 55-59P-13 / hartebeest"
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 × 15.875 cm (7 3/4 × 6 1/4 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; sign for hartebeests, which have horns that curve forward
2001.29.275 Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for hartebeests, which have horns that curve forward
/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
Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for a hartebeest, showing the horns bent forward
2001.29.20983 Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for a hartebeest, showing the horns bent forward
/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 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 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
Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for a hartebeest, seen from the front
2001.29.277 Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for a hartebeest, seen from the front
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for a hartebeest, seen from the front
2001.29.20985 Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal for a hartebeest, seen from the front
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"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)
2001.29.30311 "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)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for wildebeests, which have widely spread horns
2001.29.278 Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for wildebeests, which have widely spread horns
/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 "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; 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