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Object Number
2001.29.30384
Display Title
"Boys' fire": Man making a bag from the whole skin of a wild pig, with a group of men sitting behind him
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "#23 / Published in / Nat Hist / Aug-Sept / 1958 / sent / Dec 1960 Africa / 147-4"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass."
Department
Photographic
Date
1952-1953
Artist
Anneliese Scherz
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/
Gautscha
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 16.51 × 12.065 cm (6 1/2 × 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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