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Names on baobab trees: Pegs in the baobab tree used for climbing, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Names on baobab trees: Pegs in the baobab tree used for climbing, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30365.1
Display Title Names on baobab trees: Pegs in the baobab tree used for climbing, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 × 12.065 cm (7 × 4 3/4 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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Names on baobab trees: Pegs in the baobab tree used for climbing, close-up (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30365 Names on baobab trees: Pegs in the baobab tree used for climbing, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Names on baobab trees: Names carved on the trunk of a baobab tree, close-up (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30366 Names on baobab trees: Names carved on the trunk of a baobab tree, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Names on baobab trees: Pegs in the baobab tree used for climbing, close-up (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30366.2 Names on baobab trees: Pegs in the baobab tree used for climbing, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree, showing pegs for climbing and names carved in the tree
2001.29.2163 Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree, showing pegs for climbing and names carved in the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree, showing pegs for climbing and names carved in the tree
2001.29.2162 Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree, showing pegs for climbing and names carved in the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30364.1 Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30364 Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" starting to climb a baobab tree, showing the pegs for climbing and the names carved in the tree
2001.29.2164 Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" starting to climb a baobab tree, showing the pegs for climbing and the names carved in the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.877 [Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk
2001.29.14550 "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk
Gautscha
[No folder title]: View of Gautscha Pan with water, grass, and aloes (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30824 [No folder title]: View of Gautscha Pan with water, grass, and aloes (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
View of Gautscha Pan with water, grass, and aloes
2001.29.14529 View of Gautscha Pan with water, grass, and aloes
Gautscha